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Last year, I mentioned to a buyer at the UBC Bookstore that it
would be nice to see more (some?) Linux products on display in the
Computer Shop.  (In addition to the books carried downstairs.) His
response: If I could prove there was a big demand for Linux products 
(or have some instructor make Linux products a required item for a 
course), they would go ahead.  Otherwise, they would continue to stick 
with Windows products.

(We're not just talking about Slackware and RedHat Linux here.  Caldera
sells WordPerfect for Linux, and will apparently soon sell Corel Draw 
for Linux and Sun WABI for Linux.  And, of course, there's Mathematica
and Matlab for Linux.  These are not the sort of products one would stock 
down in the computer book section....) 

In any case, Caldera has noticed the same phenomena at other
University bookstore computer shops and has requested the Linux community's 
help.  So, if you're a student at UBC, UVic, or SFU, you might want to 
follow up on the attached (and enter to win a free copy of the Caldera 
Network Desktop and the Caldera Internet Office Suite in the process).

-- 
Dave Michelson                             University of British Columbia 
davem@ee.ubc.ca                              Radar Remote Sensing Group

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[1] Caldera Seeks Student Assistance
Date: Fri Sep 06 11:31:44 PDT 1996
Organization: Caldera, Inc. Palo Alto (415) 321-2196
Lines: 35

Caldera has talked to a lot of students and a lot of University
bookstore buyers this summer. We've discovered A PROBLEM in that
students are telling us they WANT to purchase Caldera and Linux
products at their University's bookstore and the bookstore buyers are
telling us that no students ACTUALLY REQUEST any Linux products at
their stores.

So, with your help, University bookstores and computer stores will
learn that a REAL need to carry Linux products exists. This will save
students time and money because you could receive educational pricing
at the bookstore and eliminate the need to fax school ID to vendors and
pay shipping costs. This will also save us and other Linux vendors the
time and costs with processing these "proofs of study" materials.

And as if saving time and money aren't big enough incentives, Caldera
is going to give away copies of the Caldera Network Desktop and the
Caldera Internet Office Suite to five lucky students who send us an
email that describes what they said to a bookstore or computer store
employee and what they said back to the student. Please include the
name of the University and the bookstore (if different) where this
little drama took place. Send you stories to me at davidf@caldera.com.
The winner of the drawing for the free Caldera stuff will be posted on
Caldera's website (http://www.caldera.com) on September 25th. We are
working hard to see that Linux products are conveniently available for
everyone and appreciate you help.

David Fickes 
Caldera, Inc.

-- 
David Fickes                                    davidf@caldera.com
Caldera, Inc.                                   phone: 415/321-2198
366 Cambridge Avenue                              fax: 415/321-2199
Palo Alto, CA 94306
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