Maybe you should be more specific so we know what to picket? On 4 Aug 2009, 6:40 PM, "Stephen Jolly" <[email protected]> wrote:
On 4 Aug 2009, at 12:23, Deirdre Harvey wrote: >> >> My 90+ year old Grandmother (also non-geeky) al... I've acted as Windows and MacOS tech support for enough relatives over the years to think that in many cases, getting them to use a decent Linux distribution would be preferable! Something like Ubuntu gives users a standard way of installing applications and keeping them up-to-date, doesn't require regular sweeping for viruses and spyware (yet!) and is easy to manage remotely - what more could you ask for? Having said that, the BBC taught my grandmother (85+) to use Windows*, and she seems to be coping just fine. S *if I don't get responses to this email complaining that the BBC shouldn't be teaching people to use proprietary software, I will be sincerely disappointed. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstag...
