Comment 1116 for bug 1

> The best way of having somebody believe you is: Show them. Or better: Pass them a CD. When I am at friends I just bring them a copy and tell them that they can run it from the CD without installing anything. - Sure it takes a long while to startup from the CD (you should tell them that from HD it will boot within a minute).
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> Another good way: When I go to customers or have friends invited they can see it running on my laptop. Best way is to be a living example. If you have friends staying with you for a few days just create an account for them on your PC.
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> I do not invest much time in "preaching" any more. I am the living example and I don't give support any more for Windows for friends. If they have a problem I tell them and leave them alone with their crap - done. They will come back - maybe in a few years but who cares - the slower and continuous success outweighs the quick and great success in the long run. I am not in a hurry - currently without supporting Windows on friends machines I have a lot more time for other things (and yes, also a few less friends - those that kept me only because of their support issues ;-) ).

This is a very good idea and it's been here before; I even got myself
inspired. I think we should all (as in all Free software proponents)
embrace this strategy since "preaching" (especially in it's aggressive
forms) doesn't really get us anywhere - generally speaking, most people
aren't very cooperative if it feels like you're trying to force
something upon them (you know, I think the worst thing that could happen
to us is if we got the perception of these guys because that's when
everyone's just gonna slam the door shut and pretend he's not home...).