[ 01 Dec 99 07:51, Jack Stein wrote to Scott Little ]

 JS> Slackware and Redhat do that, but historically only bookstores offered
 JS> the OS product.  Sounds like this might be changing, but don't hold
 JS> your breath.

well, it's kinda like those bonus CDs you get with other educational books.

 JS> Yeah, so what?  No different than buy this computer, get a MS OS free
 JS> deal every retailer on earth offers?   It would cost GATEWAY and Dell

indeed - except linux costs the book shop sweet FA to obtain. they'd have to
be nuts to let that opportunity slip by.


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