Please Don't Ask Me About Windows On Christmas

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday November 23, 2002 @02:47PM from the buy-your-folks-better-hardware-or-suffer dept.

Like many Slashdot users I spend a wee bit of my otherwise leisure time doing gratis tech support for people I may not even know. I usually don't mind too much but last Christmas I got more than one call from distant relatives that, along with wanting to spread holiday cheer, had me weigh in on whatever might be wrong with their new gadget. I was pleased as punch to see this article in the NYT (F.R.Y.Y.Y) about where I might be able to send the less techo hip. If you do *Windows* tech support for grandma after hours this article might also come in handy." Here are a couple of previous articles about the sorry state of conventional support options -- perhaps articles like this will spark some entrepreneurial ideas, too.

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Supporting MS, not anymore. by Flyer · 2002-11-23 18:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

I fixed this problem years ago. I got completely off of M$ back in '95. When people ask questions, I say "I've never heard of it". Or, "Microsoft? Are they still around?."

Works for me.