Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:38:33 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On Holy Wars, and a Plea for Peace [sorry Danny, wherever you are, but the title fits]... Message-ID: <3535.861395913@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Apr 1997 11:38:16 PDT." <199704181838.LAA08939@kithrup.com>
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> In article <19805.861384223.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@time.cdrom.com> you write : > >I also talked with our sales manager yesterday about getting into more > >retail stores and her comment was that we were definitely _trying_ to do > >this on a more or less constant basis, but getting in bed with the Mafia > >for a portion of their lucrative drug-and-sex trade is actually *easier* > >than getting into some of these retail stores. > > Perfect! > > "I'll make you an offer you can't refuse..." Big guys with broken noses > carrying in cases of FreeBSD CD-ROMs, saying, "Youse ordered dese here > CD-ROMs, right? Comes wif de protection contract. Youse don't want to be > unprotected, does youse?" "Buy three grams, and get a freebsd cdrom for > only $10 more! Such a deal!" > > Or were you only *kidding* about that? No, I unfortunately was not kidding. :-( I got a little education yesterday about the retail sales trade and it was not a pretty picture. It truly is a racket of immense proportions. Jordan
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