[ale] Linspire 5.0

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 13:47 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 12:21 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> >
> > If so it would have been a major stocking fubar at MicroCenter as this
> > was a brand new box.
> 
> So... business is still the same there.  I always try to put a positive
> spin on their practices of returning returns to the shelf... I try to
> think of it as pre-tested.  ;-)

I viewed it as "Someone else was pretty sure that some version of Linux
would run on it so I'll use it as a basic firewall box for $250".

Still a returned machine should have some evidence of prior opening.
This did not. I think the factory installation process needs a bit more
QA.

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