> the old man doesn't want to spend > anything on it (except a little time)
Consultant's Rule 1: If you don't charge them for it, they will think it's free and they will want more of it. He is going to rope *you* into providing remote tech support for somebody (or two somebodies) who absolutely don't care about what you're trying to do. It's free for him and expensive for you. What could possibly go wrong? It will be worth four tanks of gas for *you* to buy the netbook / laptop / PC / whatever, set it up, and write DONE across the project. My mother, at age 89, was doing email (and nothing else) right up to the end on a succession of Linux boxes. I set them up on my regular visits, did all the remote admin, and she was perfectly happy. This situation *can* work, but it took a lot of effort to get to that point. Choose your battles carefully... -- Ed _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
