"Chad R. Larson" wrote:
>
> I visited my closest CompUSA last night, and asked someone there to
> look up the Power Pack on their inventory computer. He said it was
> a standard item, catagory A01. Which means (the A part) each
> store is supposed to stock it and (the 01 part) the minimum quantity
> is one. Price $49.95.
>
> I asked if they had one. Nope, sold out. Did any of the stores
> here in Phoenix have one. More nope. How about nation wide? About
> 20 stores showed inventory. The item went into the computer in
> June. He said every store should have had at least one at that
> time. I can only guess (and hope) that they all sold out like hotcakes,
> and someone in purchasing will notice and up the mininum stock count.
>
> In the meantime I asked them to order me one (which meant, order
> two). I've already got the toolkit, and I subscribe to the release,
> so this was to update my copy of the book, and to throw some money
> at the project, and to encourage CompUSA in carrying FreeBSD
> products. I think getting FreeBSD into distribution is the next big
> step in advicocy.
Do you have a URL for CompUSA? I tried doing a search and ended up
with what seemed like 200,000 people with gripe's.
I agree on the advocacy point. I can go into my local Costco Wholesale
place and purchase Win 98 and Red Hat Linux. They have shipping
pallets of them. A series of books that you can purchase in any book
store is also mandatory.
Kent
>
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