Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:15:32 -0600 From: "Bob Giesen" <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: "Douglas R. Spindler" <spindler@dnai.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A question from a convert from Windows to FreeBSD Message-ID: <003a01c1a4f2$59f73a60$0100a8c0@pegasus> References: <002601c1a47d$a0248620$6600640a@attbi.com>
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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
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