[kwlug-disc] The Linux Store

[CrankyOldBugger]

I remember when we used to _dream_ of a 1200 bps modem!!!


On 1 October 2014 14:39, Jonathan Poole <jpoole at digitaljedi.ca> wrote:

> Maybe his audience is for those ‘hardcore’ linux users that live under a
> rock with a 1200baud modem….
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2014, at 2:36 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Well he says on one page that you can "save time and money by buying CDs
> instead of downloading"..  Maybe I don't math well, but downloading a CD
> for free in a matter of minutes versus paying $10 then waiting however many
> weeks seems to negate his statement...
>
>
> On 1 October 2014 14:27, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
>> I can't tell about intentions.
>>
>> But perhaps it is simply that he did not update the site since last
>> October, hence 13.10 is the latest.
>>
>> There are CD collections on his site for $50. One can debate whether the
>> effort of copying the CDs warrants the price or not.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:20 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> So this guy is for real?  Perhaps I'm mistaken, then.  I thought $10 for
>>> an old Ubuntu CD was a bit much, but the article you linked seems to
>>> suggest that his intentions are good.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1 October 2014 14:13, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The domain was registered in 2007 to one Ryan Cloke of Flipside
>>>> Technology Services who happens to be a Canadian from Toronto.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ryancloke.com/
>>>>
>>>> This is an article about him doing this since 2006, with a .ca domain
>>>>
>>>> http://archive09.linux.com/feature/55712
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:59 PM, CrankyOldBugger <
>>>> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is this a bit fishy?  I stumbled across http://www.thelinuxstore.org/
>>>>> while looking for Linux paraphernalia , and found that these people are
>>>>> charging $10 a pop for old Linux CDs (13.10 is the latest they have for
>>>>> Ubuntu).
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope nobody is falling for this gimmick...
>>>>>
>>>>>
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