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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« on: March 21, 2012, 02:39:18 PM »
Have someone specced out what this machine would cost otherwise?
 

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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2012, 04:27:43 PM »
Waiting for the usual suspect to come by and explain why it isn't actually expensive at all, because you pay for 24/7 telephone support...
 

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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2012, 09:05:44 PM »
Quote from: Turambar;684678
Does Linux even support Blu Ray yet? Movies that is, I assume it supports Blu Ray data discs but they are hardly popular.


You can, but I dont know if its a hassle or not.

Given that you can expect zero support from CUSA, you'd better be good at googling ;)
 

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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2012, 03:59:34 PM »
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Yeah, and I have a buttload of stuff on my hard drive, too, but I can't go to the thrift store and buy a used download. That's really the point behind the attempts to move away from physical media, they want to kill secondhand sales.


Gaming consoles are moving that way anyways, mobile devices are there already (check your cell phone contract) and plenty of stores won't carry second hand PC software.

Im surprised they haven't simply legislated it out of existence, to be fair.


"Information is property"
 

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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2012, 05:26:15 PM »
Bonus points that downloads generally don't transfer to a new device, except in some rather specific circumstances.


"information as property" and it ain't yours :)
 

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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 01:09:11 AM »
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More on the reseller thing. Leo just posted this.

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I also imagine that the dealers will be able to obtain Commodore OS cheaply from us, in a manner yet to be determined.

So er... what exactly are they charging for "commodore OS" and are they making sources to the components they did not create themselves available, in compliance with the GPL?
 
If so, where?
 

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Re: The Best Things Come In Small Packages
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2012, 02:44:58 PM »
How much do these scripts cost then?