On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tracy R Reed wrote:
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>> Why is that? Redmond conspiracy?
>>
>> Pretty much anyone who wants it can download it. I haven't bought a Linux
>> CD in many years. I wouldn't stock Linux CD's in my store these days either.
>
> Yeah, that's pretty much it. Anybody who is going to run Linux has a fast
> enough net connection that there really isn't any point in buying them.
>
> In addition, you can get a *free* Ubuntu CD from Ubuntu if you really want
> it.
The advantages to a packaged distro are two-fold. First, you don't
have to know how to download an image and burn a CD. Second, you get
some printed documentation. At least that's the way it was in the
_olden_ days.
carl
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