Wm. Stewart wrote: > http://www.degredo.net/ > > "My father heard about Vista coming on the news. Since he was interested in > getting it, he asked me to obtain it and install it on his computer and he > would give some cash in return. I told him I was going to do that, but > instead I burned an Ubuntu CD and installed it. > > Later, when he came home from work, I showed him his new "Vista" install, > complete with the latest Office and Solitaire. > > Well, it's been a few days since that and now he says Bill Gates is better > than Steve Jobs and brags about how OS X on my iMac is obsolete compared to > Vista on his PC. > > I will continue with the prank for some weeks, after which I'll tell him > the truth and give him back his money." > Take his money, and donate some of it to the FSF in his name. Keep some for your own efforts, as you've spent valuable time and expertise making his life easier. If you take the money and give it away without telling him, he will respect you and the software more. People just do not respect free, and the more they pay, the more they value and respect both you and the software. I guarantee if you tell him he won't respect you, and he'll decide he needs real Windows Vista. Sheep only make sense to shepherds. Be a shepherd, not a sheep. -- Bill Strosberg