Who actually served you Jon ? I live 10 mins away from that store ;) Regards, Matt >From: "Aravind Naidu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [SLUG] Recommendations - Laptop / Notebook Running Linux >(RH62) >Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 23:51:20 +1000 > >Good on you !!!! > > > > > Did you purchase this with EvilWare and blow it away, or with > > Linux (or no > > OS ?) > > > > I was about to plonk down a sizable slab of discretionary income for a > > Gateway 9300XLS (15.3" screen, 18Gb HD, 256Mb RAM) and had an > > argument with > > them about the old Windows licencing agreement - their comment was that > > it's too hard, and removing Windows would only drop $10 off the price > > because of their licencing agreement with TSOS (The Spawn Of Satan). > > > > I was, on a matter of principle and because I refused to accept > > the licence > > agreement, prepared to accept the miniscule reduction in price, but the > > Gateway store at Castle Hill wouldn't hear of it. When I told them that > > they had just blown an $8k+ sale (and even showed them the $$$ to > > prove it > > !!), they had the hide to say "... your attitude is wrong - all you >Linux > > nuts are the same, you want something for nothing".. How he reached that > > conclusion is still a mystery. > > > > Jon > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe in the text ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
