Article View: aus.computers.linux
Article #207Re: [COMMERCIAL] Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 available now!
From: Jacinto Hernandez
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 00:00
48 lines
3538 bytes
3538 bytes
Gordon Hubbard wrote: > Caldera distributor Custom Technology is pleased to announce that > Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 started shipping in quantity to resellers this > week. OpenLinux is the first major Linux distribution to ship in > Australia with the 2.2.x kernel. > > The Australian RRP is A$99.95. > > To purchase, please check our web site http://www.CustomTech.com.au to > find your nearest reseller. > > Recent purchasers of OpenLinux 1.3 may qualify for a FREE upgrade. > > There have already been some early rave reviews: > > "Caldera OpenLinux turns Windows into road kill sooner than you expected > (InfoWorld)" > http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/petrel/990419np.htm > > "LinuxWorld reviews Caldera OpenLinux 2.2" > A Caldera is a large crater usually left by collapsed volcano. It is > also the name of the company that produced OpenLinux 2.2 - perhaps the > first desktop Linux powerful enough to collapse the furious volcano > called Windows 9x, leaving a Caldera in its stead! Find out why at: > http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-04/lw-04-penguin3.html?04-17 > > For more information please refer to our web site > http://www.CustomTech.com.au > > Regards > -- > Gordon Hubbard <gordon@CustomTech.com.au> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Custom Technology Australia Pty Ltd | 35 Old Northern Rd > Tel: +61-2-9686-4055 | PO Box 991 > Fax: +61-2-9686-4377 | Baulkham Hills, NSW, 1755 > Information: info@CustomTech.com.au | Australia. > WWW: http://www.CustomTech.com.au | > Development: | Product distribution: > Software and hardware | Caldera OpenLinux & DRDOS, BeOS > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow!!! $ 34 more than Linux Systems Labs. I was silly enough to buy it from them for $A 64.95, I think that considering how hard it is to connect to the internet using Col 2.2 and how nearly impossible it is to get a printer to work on it - even $A 20 would be too much. $A 99 it's the pits.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<373D049B.5676AF2E@hotkey.net.au>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<3731A908.97B068AF@CustomTech.com.au>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,e4e9708811b4c759 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 10c6bf,e4e9708811b4c759 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c6bf,public X-Google-Thread: 10a752,e4e9708811b4c759 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,e4e9708811b4c759 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 10d053,e4e9708811b4c759 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d053,public X-Google-Thread: 111bbe,e4e9708811b4c759 X-Google-Attributes: gid111bbe,public From: Jacinto Hernandez <jacinto@hotkey.net.au> Subject: Re: [COMMERCIAL] Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 available now! Date: 1999/05/15 Message-ID: <373D049B.5676AF2E@hotkey.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 478073940 Cache-Post-Path: woody.hotkey.net.au!unknown@melks-an1-dial-116.vic.hotkey.net.au Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3731A908.97B068AF@CustomTech.com.au> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: vic.nntp.telstra.net 926745880 203.36.123.10 (Sat, 15 May 1999 15:24:40 EST) Organization: Hotkey Internet Services Pty Ltd X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 15:24:40 EST Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,aus.computers.os2,aus.computers.sun,aus.computers.ibm-pc,aus.ads.forsale.computers.new,aus.ads.forsale.computers