From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 07:28:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5748237B404; Mon, 26 May 2003 07:28:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.freebsdmall.com (ns1.freebsdmall.com [65.60.36.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FF6243FA3; Mon, 26 May 2003 07:28:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rab@ns1.freebsdmall.com) Received: from mall.freebsdmall.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.freebsdmall.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04B3E1CE70; Mon, 26 May 2003 07:29:31 -0700 (PDT) To: Ceri Davies In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 May 2003 14:17:30 BST." <20030526131730.GB80541@submonkey.net> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 07:29:31 -0700 From: Robert Bruce Message-Id: <20030526142931.04B3E1CE70@mail.freebsdmall.com> cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: rab@freebsdmall.com Subject: Re: Retail Boxed Products in the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 14:28:40 -0000 Ceri Davies said... >You'll see that we have Frys and CompUSA listed as retailers of boxed sets. >Well CompUSA have told us that they don't stock these anymore; Hi Ceri, An employee of CompUSA said that, but he was (partly) mistaken. CompUSA has pulled the current FreeBSD box product from their shelves, but they intend to stock the next edition. By the time the 3rd Ed. Handbook is printed, they should have it back on the shelf. >does anybody >know if Frys still do, or is anyone in a position to call one and enquire? There is a Fry's about four blocks from me (in Sunnyvale CA), and everytime I go there I check so see if they have FreeBSD on the shelf. They do a pretty bad job of managing their inventory, so it can be on the shelf for a month or so, then they sell out and another month goes by before they display it again. But they do carry the product. Another store that carries the FreeBSD box product is MicroCenter. They do a much better job than Fry's of keeping it on the shelf. But I don't know how widespread MicroCenter stores are. They have them in the Midwest, and there are a couple here in California, but I don't know where else. -bob