Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 13:49:50 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: chad@DCFinc.com Cc: Stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Power Pack at CompUSA Message-ID: <37D81D6E.B4D921D2@3-cities.com> References: <199909092035.NAA00196@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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"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 > > -crl > -- > Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? > chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.net > DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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