[wplug] purchasing distros

[joe gordon]

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:
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>>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.
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>>Chris Romano
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>>-----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
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>>--- "Teodorski, Chris" <cteodorski at ppg.com> wrote:
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>>>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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i agree wholeheartedly.  I bought RH9 at CompUSA.  Before that it was 
several distros that were hand me down copies or from books.  But i 
figured if i buy it from this kind of super mart that they would be 
encouraged to stock it and potentially sell it to those who have heard 
of linux but haven't had the buying oppurtunity to pick it up.  And for 
the same reason i picked it up... $30 or $40 for a complete OS?? 
 Support and encourage right?

bigjoe