FW: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Sharpe, Richard
MAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:10 PM To: GNHLUG Subject: Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software Derek Martin wrote: > If walmart moves into a town predominated by little shops, and they > all can't compete with walmart (and rest assured they can&

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Erik Price
Derek Martin wrote: If walmart moves into a town predominated by little shops, and they all can't compete with walmart (and rest assured they can't), then the owners of those shops will have to close down, and go get jobs at walmart. Their incomes will likely be reduced by between 50 and 75 per

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Erik Price
Tom Buskey wrote: s/Walmart/McDonald's/g s/Walmart/K-Mart/g s/Walmart/Target/g s/Walmart/Pizza Hut/g s/Walmart/Dunkin Donuts/g s/Walmart/Krispy Kreme/g s/Walmart/Home Depot/g s/Walmart/Lowe's/g s/Walmart/etc.. What I don't get is people going after Walmart because they put local business out but

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Tom Buskey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:16:31AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: |If walmart moves into a town predominated by little shops, and they |all can't compete with walmart (and rest assured they can't), then the |owners of those shops will have to close down,

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:16:31AM -0400, Derek Martin wrote: > If walmart moves into a town predominated by little shops, and they > all can't compete with walmart (and rest assured they can't), then the > owners of those shops will have to close down, and go get jobs at > walmart. Their incomes

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Steven W. Orr
On Tuesday, Jul 15th 2003 at 08:41 -0400, quoth Andrew W. Gaunt: => =>I'm no big fan of Walmart, however, I'm not so sure the state of =>Vermont is necessarily doing wha the residents really want. We =>go camping in Northern NH frequently and on occasion stop =>at the Walmart in Littleton NH. I ca

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Andrew W. Gaunt
I'm no big fan of Walmart, however, I'm not so sure the state of Vermont is necessarily doing wha the residents really want. We go camping in Northern NH frequently and on occasion stop at the Walmart in Littleton NH. I can't help but notice the disproportionately large number of Vermont license pl

RE: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-15 Thread Sharpe, Richard
...www.amherst1.com "Tenemos que tener fe" ("We must have faith" -Original Message- From: Thomas M. Albright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:55 PM To: GNHLUG Subject: Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software On Mon, 14 Jul 2

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Thomas M. Albright
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Andrew W. Gaunt wrote: > > Perhaps Walmart will sue SCO into oblivion and clear up > the mess being made. They've got the financial resources > to do it. > Excpet that WalMart is a worse monster than SCO. SCO sues individual companies. WalMart sued the state of Vermont whe

RE: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Sharpe, Richard
] / Webpage ...www.amherst1.com "Tenemos que tener fe" ("We must have faith" -Original Message- From: Bill Mullen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 1:33 PM To: GNHLUG Discussion List Subject: RE: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

RE: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Bill Mullen
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Sharpe, Richard wrote: > And I believe IBM already offers SuSE and Redhat on their PC's These are very promising developments for Linux, IMHO; as we all know, the most daunting aspect of running Linux for most people is the current need to install and configure it oneself.

RE: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Sharpe, Richard
) 578-1072 EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Webpage ...www.amherst1.com "Tenemos que tener fe" ("We must have faith" -Original Message- From: Bill Mullen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 12:38 PM To: GNHLUG Discussion List Subject: Re: Walmart.com se

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Bill Mullen
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Sharpe, Richard wrote: > Good for SuSE!! > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/14/HNwalmartsuse_1.html Good for Mandrake!! :) http://linuxtoday.com/it_management/2003070202226NWDPHW -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "In the be

Re: Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Andrew W. Gaunt
Perhaps Walmart will sue SCO into oblivion and clear up the mess being made. They've got the financial resources to do it. - __ | 0|___||. Andrew Gaunt *nix Sys. Admin,, etc. Lucent Technologies _| _| : : } [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www-cde.mv.lucent.com/~quantum -(O)-==-o\ [EMAIL

Walmart.com sells Microtel PC with SuSE Linux software

2003-07-14 Thread Sharpe, Richard
Good for SuSE!! http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/07/14/HNwalmartsuse_1.html Richard A Sharpe Database Analyst and Administration (DBA) Sqlserver/DB2 Amherst Technologies 40 Continental Blvd Merrimack, NH 03054 PHONE ...(603) 579-6180 / (800) 431-8031 Cell phone ..(603) 320-7785 FAX ...