On Thursday 27 March 2003 00:10, Warren Togami wrote: > > Camelot Info in downtown Montreal *already* has it!?? > > > > http://www.camelot.ca/en/item/208319.html?session_id=06d0eacc94e9693cb797 > >4c702971e96f > > > > Elton ;-) > > I actually think the opposite. I never buy boxed Red Hat Linux. >
Considering that I've downloaded several past versions of RH linux for free, I think it only fair that _for once_ I pay for their software. After all you don't hear the great unwashed masses (of which I am a member) balking at paying for constant upgrades for various versions and flavours of Windows, do you? > Instead I pay directly to RHN. That way almost 100% of my money goes > directly to Red Hat rather the sizable sum that is lost to overhead > (packaging, shipping, retail markup). It is also environmentally > friendly since there is no packaging which is of little use to me. Well, in my part of the island of Montreal, we *do* recycle. ... and I guess I oughta send you a pic of the neat lamp that I made with my stack of coasters and empty CD spindle cases! <*chuckle*> > > (I also ask the nearby retail store if they would allow us to setup a > demo and let people see Linux in action. "Linux Demo Day" attracted a > few new converts when say Linux in action.) I'd be extremely suprised to see *that* here. Montreal is still VERY MUCH a "Windows" town! Nevertheless, I was pleasantly shocked in the past few years to actually find myself talking to technicians of either Videotron (cable) Multiservices (ISP) and Bell Sympatico who are actually using linux, and could actually give intellingent responses (including links) to set up cable and / or ADSL support. Mind you, Bell Canada does *not* "offficially" support linux. Last year, when I had a very brief flirt with ADSL and Bell Sympatico's "high-speed edition", a technican sent me various linux links ... and quickly apologized (in a rather terrified tone) when he realized that he had sent me that info using his "official" sympatico email account. Repeat after me: "Ma Bell can go to hell". Elton ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board. -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
