From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 24 8:15:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3FCD37B402 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:15:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-166.90.85.208.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([166.90.85.208] helo=pegasus) by gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16TmXG-0001ds-00; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:15:34 -0800 Message-ID: <003a01c1a4f2$59f73a60$0100a8c0@pegasus> From: "Bob Giesen" To: "Douglas R. Spindler" , References: <002601c1a47d$a0248620$6600640a@attbi.com> Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:15:32 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG CompUSA still carries the FreeBSD PowerPak (sic) -- at least for now. (Listed price is $69.99.) I just bought one in Naperville, Illinois, yesterday. I found out they had it via a search utility on compusa.com. If you do a search on a product and get a hit, they have a utility that allows you to enter a zip code and it will tell you whether it's in stock in any stores in your area. I entered a Frisco zip (94105) and it showed three stores that supposedly have it (downtown S.F. ((415) 391-9778), San Bruno ((650) 244-9980), and San Rafael ((415) 482-9199)) and a couple more that are out of it (Emeryville & Concord). Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas R. Spindler To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:20 PM Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD To all of you that have offered assistance, thank you very much. It was suggested that I support FreeBSD in the way of buying a copy. I thought I would oblige. I found the mall home page, but wanted to pick up a copy today. I found a page saying I could pick up a copy at CompUSA or Fry's. I visited two Fry's stores today, couldn't find it on the shelf, and asked 5 different people. They told me after looking in their computers, "Product has been discontinued". (I took this to mean they have discontinued the product.) I then visited two CompUSA stores, same story, "product discontinued". I then visited 2 Borders Book stores.... nothing. And a Barnes & Nobel, again nothing. This is a real bummer as I have an application I wanted to get running by the weekend. I'm not looking for comments, I'm just letting you know my experience. I have not given up, just been delayed. I do have one question, is there a Users Group in the SF Bay Area/East Bay? Thanks again for everyone's support. Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message