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