On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 07:25, James Oakley wrote:
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On May 27, 2002 09:49 am, Brian Durant wrote:
On Monday 27 May 2002 19:33, James Oakley wrote: - Ok. It's been a month. I was waiting to buy 8.0 locally just so that - there'd - be one more shelf sale for distributors to look at. I waited - patiently... - Very patiently. - - I regularly checked Future Shop for it. They kept saying "Check back in a - couple of days." Now they're saying that they don't have it and won't get - it. - - That really pisses me off. I thought they were going to carry it. That's - why I - didn't preorder from the States this time around.
I don't know where you are located, but amazon.co.uk lists it as being in stock.
I'm in Canada, and when ckm mentioned that Future Shop would carry it, I decided to go that route to encourage future shelf distribution (I see it as voting).
I guess I have to buy online, as I have every version before. Sigh.
I'm mostly pissed off because I waited to get it off the shelf. If I had known that this wasn't going to happen, I would've just bought it online and I'd have had it long ago.
When ckm mentioned Future Shop in Canada would carry SuSE, I also thought about buying from them. However, Future Shop had no idea what I was asking about and a search on their web page only found SuSE 7.2, this in late April. camelot.ca was expecting SuSE 8 soon and in Calgary one of the computer bookstores (Nexus) had ordered it and expected to receive SuSE in a few weeks. At that point it was easier to order from the states as per normal. Both SuSE (Digital River) and Linux Central will ship to Canada. As I am sure you are familiar with, after the exchange rate on Cdn peso's plus shipping the landed cost in Canada is ~C$150 for SuSE pro. If someone in Canada would actually stock SuSE in a timely manner I would buy from them, until then online from the US appears to be the best bet. -- Ralph Sanford - If your government does not trust you, rsanford@telusplanet.net - should you trust your government? DH/DSS Key - 0x7A1BEA01