From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 26 08:13:35 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 C6B3A37B401 for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 08:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10E8443F3F for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 08:13:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from centtech.com (wapg01.centtech.com [204.177.173.226]) by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h4QFDW56060757 for ; Mon, 26 May 2003 10:13:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <3ED22F6D.5080804@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 10:14:53 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org References: <20030526131730.GB80541@submonkey.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 15:13:36 -0000 Ceri Davies wrote: >All, > >Please cast your eye over to Appendix A of the Handbook, and the section >titled "Retail Boxed Products". I'll wait. >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; does anybody >know if Frys still do, or is anyone in a position to call one and enquire? > >I'm thinking of removing this section altogether, and it's been suggested to >me that I enlist your folks help in trying to whip up a list of retailers who >really do stock FreeBSD boxed sets, to try and save the section. > >If there's no interest in doing this, then that's fine too. >I propose to remove the section on June 15th, so you have until then. > I'll check some local stores today/tomorrow and let you know what I find - I'll try to hit a Fry's, CompUSA, and BestBuy. Another place opening up soon near me is an "Ultimate Electronics" - if they don't carry it (whenever they open), we should maybe make a few phone calls and see if we can get it stocked. Eric