Posted August 26, 200816 yr On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:13:48 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > Desperate demand for the Elonex webbook > > ,----[ Quote ] >| ========================================= >| Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 >| From: alan c >| To: British Ubuntu Talk >| >| Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Desperately seeking Ubuntu Webbook - with Bolt >| Cutters! >| >| In Bracknell, the Carphone Warehouse Webbook (Elonex) with preinstalled >| Ubuntu which is included in one of CPW¢s deals is in such extraordinary >| demand that the recent display item in CPW Bracknell Princess Square >| shopping mall was stolen last week by desperate people using *bolt >| cutters*! >| >| The many larger laptops with Vista installed were left untouched. Sad eh? >| Even thieves don¢t want Vista. >| >| The Webbook was secured using a kensington similar stranded wire lock, so >| I guess the culprits even had some angle grinding to do later, to remove >| the lock itself. >| >| The desperate act took place in a normal shopping day in broad daylight, >| and the miscreants were seen making off at speed, unencumbered by >| antivirus or other unnecessary items which might have slowed them down! >| >| Like most shopping malls, there is security video in operation, I trust >| that it will be put to good use. >| ========================================= > `---- > > http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/08/26/desperate-demand-for-the-elonex-webbook/ Further proof that Linux users aren't interested in paying for anything. You freeloaders are taking it a wee bit too far though... -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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