Re: Pirating Ubuntu?

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Boland, John <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> the worst part is that bestbuy is selling the disc for $20 and for an 
> additional $130 their geek squad folks will install it! 

I'm going to venture a guess that they don't really know how to 
install it.  On a related note, I went into Circuit City this weekend 
and told them I was looking for a laptop for my little brother that 
could run "this" on, and handed him an official Ubuntu Hardy Heron 
(8.04) disc in colorful cardboard sleeve.  The FIREDOG dude said, "oh 
yeah, let me take a look" and then flipped the case over to the back 
in search of the computer system requirements, although there was no 
mention of Windows at all :-)  He them proceeded to hem and haw, but 
was "quite sure" the models he showed me could run the software! 
That's when I politely volunteered that this was an Operating System, 
and not an application.  So perhaps Geek Squad is more up to speed 
than Firedog...hehe 
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