[wplug] purchasing distros

[David Gerard Matthews]

That's a good point.  I bought most of the distro's I've paid for at 
places like CompUSA and Office Depot.  Keeping Linux on the shelves at 
consumer retail shops is important.
-dgm

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 12:36  PM, Bob Schmertz wrote:

> Somehow I was reminded: when I've bought a Linux distro, I think a
> bigger motivation for me than sending money to developers was creating/
> sustaining the market in the stores that carried it.  I think I usually
> went to Best Buy.  My thinking was, if Linux lovers buy their distro at
> a store such as Best Buy, the store will continue to carry it, and it
> will seem more accessible to newbies who might be interested in it but
> don't know anyone who uses it (whom they could copy it from), and who
> may not trust buying this stuff over the Internet.
>
> On Fri, 2 May 2003, Chris wrote:
>
>> The only thing that I have purchased was Linux Unleashed that came 
>> with a RH
>> 6.2 CD I think, although I do plan on purchasing some CDs or just 
>> donating.
>> I just haven't really got around to it yet.
>>
>> Chris Romano
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf 
>> Of
>> Elwin Green
>> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 10:24 AM
>> To: wplug at wplug.org
>> Subject: Re: [wplug] purchasing distros
>>
>>
>> --- "Teodorski, Chris" <cteodorski at ppg.com> wrote:
>>> So.....I was wondering how many people have actually
>>> purchased a boxed copy of a distro......I'm thinking
>>> about putting my money where my mouth is......and
>>> just wondered how many others have........
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