I wonder if it's a bait and switch. See that it's sold out and customer buys the next highest model.
--- Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 2, 2007 10:41 AM, Michael Madigan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Never > > > > Ted Roche wrote: > > > It will be interesting to see if this things got > > > legs. It's not the > > > first consumer-level machine offered with Linux, > but > > > there aren't any > > > larger retailers to offer it. Wonder what will > > > happen. > > Michael: You're a visionary. I will never doubt you > again: > > "Wal-Mart has sold out of $200 Ubuntu Linux PCs less > than two weeks > after the PC went on sale, according to a posting on > Slashdot. The > retail giant began selling the $200 machines on 31 > October, but has > already sold out, according to its website. The > Everex TC2502 gPC is > thought to be the first mass-market $200 desktop > computer featuring a > custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux." > > http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2203369/walmart-sells-200-linux-pcs > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
