[LinuxUsers] Ubuntu at Best Buy

[Manny]

Price was 19.99 and it comes with installation support (3 months I
believe I saw on the box).
-- Manny

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Chris Thomas <cwt137 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What was the price? Did the boxed Ubuntu come with any support?
>
> Chris
>
> On Nov 22, 2008, at 11:05 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I went into Best Buy today,  just for kicks I went to see if they had
> the Ubuntu boxed software available.  I was by the MS OS software
> boxes and asked a Best Buy employee.
>
> "You guys have Ubuntu Linux OS?"
>
>  "What?  Bluetooth mouse?
>
> "No, Ubuntu Linux, it's an operating system!"
>
>  "No, you'll probably have to go online for that.  We don't carry that."
>
> So I figured I'd take a look myself.  I found it sandwiched between
> some virus software and some game.  I turned around and the BB
> employee had left.  I grabbed the box and hunted him down.  I found
> him by the customer service counter.  So tactfully I said: (well not
> really tactfully).
>
> (In my best Marine Corps drill sergeant voice)
>
> "Hey you!  Yeah you!....  When someone comes into the store and ask
> for Ubuntu or Linux, this is what there looking for!"
>
>   "Oh,  I didn't even know we carried that,  thank you for showing me!"
>
> "No problem!"   -  Really meant to say, Drop down and give me 20!
>
> --- Amazing but true story
>
> --Manny
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