I should also say that I just got a bounce from my cc to the webmaster
email. I'm CC'ing the Admin and Tech contacts for the domain this time.

--Matt

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Matt Simmons <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't have any information, but the front page is still there, so I'd
> guess that CheapBytes hasn't gone under, but may just be having server
> issues.
>
> Incidentally, there's an email of [email protected], which I'm
> CCing to this message in case they weren't aware.
>
> I used CheapBytes for years, too, and have warm feelings for them, so I
> hope that it's a temporary issue!
>
> --Matt
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Lynda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I've been buying CDs from them for years, and was just going through the
>> process of updating my collection of CDs I like to keep on hand (I purchase
>> FreeBSD and OpenBSD from their canonical choices), and was astonished to
>> see this:
>>
>> http://shop.cheapbytes.com/**cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi<http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi>
>>
>> I've done a bit of searching, and there's no discussion of implosion
>> anywhere. I recognize that it may just have withered on the vine. My puny
>> purchases certainly weren't enough to keep it going, but I'm still
>> surprised to find it gone.
>>
>> I prefer installing from CD (it provides consistency in results when I
>> know that I'm starting from the same mark each time). Yes, I know about
>> VMs. No, they don't serve my purpose (just stating this because I don't
>> want to get sidetracked by that particular discussion).
>>
>> Before I spend a good part of my afternoon burning CDs (so that I'll have
>> them), does anyone know if this is temporary, or can you suggest a
>> replacement?
>>
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