[Lincs] Retail Centre

[Me]

Thank you Chris Adams. I've worked in IT for nearly 25
years and now you inform me that because I moved to
Lincolnshire to live I am now considered to be
generally thick. It seems you don't have a very high
opinion of anyone other than yourself.


--- Chris Adams <chrisa100 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> People in lincolnshite are genrally pretty thick (my
> opinion after working
> in a computer shop). We had sold a few machines with
> linux on. ink2print -
> spalding
> 
> 2008/11/11 Iain Baker <iain.dbaker at gmail.com>
> 
> > hey all...
> > just a quick check - does anybody know a good
> retailer in lincolnshire
> > for Linux? someone that sells hardware that is
> guaranteed Linux
> > Compatible, sells software for Linux, sells
> computers with Linux
> > pre-installed, sells Linux Distro's, or at least
> recognises Linux as
> > existing, and understands what it is??
> >
> > this may be an even more stupid question... but if
> you don't, do you
> > think there should be one... can you see an
> advantage.
> >
> > I am going to be unemployed in about 18 months -
> and i was thinking
> > that Linux Friendly Computing Shops aren't
> existent, and should be...
> > lets face it, sometimes you like to go into a shop
> and speak to
> > someone, and buy a product without having to trail
> the net trying to
> > find it, download it, burn it, find out it
> downloaded wrongly and cry
> > in the corner...
> >
> > as such i was considering starting a Computer shop
> that did all the
> > things listed in my opening paragraph... selling
> Linux games, FOSS
> > software (with money from the sale of products
> going back into the
> > projects to keep them free and keep them healthy),
> and selling Linux
> > compatible hardware, and building Linux Boxes...
> >
> > i realise as members of a LUG you are all pro
> Linux... but i am also
> > aware there are a lot of different skill levels,
> so i thought it would
> > be interesting to see if it was a service that
> more than just me would
> > like to see on the highstreet.
> >
> > Do the new linux users think it would make it
> easier to grow within
> > the user comunity to have such a place... do the
> novice users think it
> > would be beneficial for 'lazy moments' where you
> just want to buy
> > something and know it will work without the
> research... and to experts
> > think it would be useful for 'lazy moments' and as
> a place to point
> > 'converts'... or do you all think its a waste of
> time when you can
> > just download everything you need of the web??
> >
> > thanks for your input
> >
> > iain
> >
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