Thats awesome, you really should have started to teach the Best Buy employee about Linux and that he would be incompetent if he didn't learn it.
Clowkun aka Mr. Noland --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Ann Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ann Richmond <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Ubuntu at Best Buy To: "SoCal LUG Users List" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 9:04 AM Paul, remember when it was 100% :) Ann Richmond Paul Saenz wrote: #yiv1618658840 .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv1618658840 { font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} I think that 90% of the people I ask if they know what Linux is, say they don't know. > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:05:40 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LinuxUsers] Ubuntu at Best Buy > > I went into Best Buy today, just for kicks I went to see if they had > the Ubuntu boxed software available. I was by the MS OS software > boxes and asked a Best Buy employee. > > "You guys have Ubuntu Linux OS?" > > "What? Bluetooth mouse? > > "No, Ubuntu Linux, it's an operating system!" > > "No, you'll probably have to go online for that. We don't carry that." > > So I figured I'd take a look myself. I found it sandwiched between > some virus software and some game. I turned around and the BB > employee had left. I grabbed the box and hunted him down. I found > him by the customer service counter. So tactfully I said: (well not > really tactfully). > > (In my best Marine Corps drill sergeant voice) > > "Hey you! Yeah you!.... When someone comes into the store and ask > for Ubuntu or Linux, this is what there looking for!" > > "Oh, I didn't even know we carried that, thank you for showing me!" > > "No problem!" - Really meant to say, Drop down and give me 20! > > --- Amazing but true story > > --Manny > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers Get more done, have more fun, and stay more connected with Windows Mobile®. See how. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1808 - Release Date: 11/23/2008 6:59 PM _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
