Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Tuesday 05 February 2008 11:43, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
Bob S <911@sanctum.com> writes:
And how about all of the potential new users out there. They walk into the store and see it on the shelf. They're ticked off at Windows and they say hmmmm......I've heard a little about this. I think I will try this. Otherwise they would have no idea where to go or what to do to download and install SuSE, or if it was even possible for them. What about cover mounts for magazines? Wouldn't that have the same effect of visibility? When was the last time ANYONE said to themselves: I nned some software... so I better go to the newspaper & magazine stand.
Andreas
Well, when was the last time anyone went to a bookstore, like Borders, and looked in the computer section? Perhaps you were looking for something else, but how could you not look in the computer section? You wouldn't be reading this list if you were not!
I'm well aware that some books have software in them -- I even have a book that included SPICE (the circuit analysis program developed at UC Berkeley), but when people want to go buy software, they head to a computer store, not a book store.
And when were you in Staples and not passed thru the computer stuff area? Alright, Staples is not my favorite computer place, they don't usually have anything on sale, and they're Windows oriented, but they _could_ be a source for Linux, since they're so well placed everywhere. And they _do_ have the printer paper I need, so I do go there. As well as the toner, etc.
Staples is carrying Linux books?
Forget magazine stores. Think big.
--doug
Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley
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