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On Monday 30 January 2012 21:20:59 Dale wrote: |
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> I had to replace a mobo and hard drive for a friend once. For some |
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> reason the drive and controller went out. Anyway, when we reinstalled |
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> winders, it said we had to call M$ to get some long freaking number. |
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> While on the phone with them, I told them I had never heard of such |
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> nonsense before. She progressed to telling me all the canned responses |
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> but she didn't expect my response. I told her I used Linux and when you |
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> get a CD and install it on more than one system, the Linux folks have a |
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> party instead of requiring a confirmation number. I then went on to |
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> explain how I was doing this for a friend and that I wouldn't install M$ |
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> crap on my rig if it was free. I could tell she was not happy about my |
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> thoughts on her product since she got quiet. Me being a chatter box at |
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> times, I just kept explaining the advantages of Linux over M$. |
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How to win friends and influence people! |
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Rgds |
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Peter Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23 |
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