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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Sunday 06 Sep 2009 15:02 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Terry Porter belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:40:53 +0100, bbgruff wrote:
>>
>>> - so presumably there are some Linux netbooks still for sale in the
>>> U.S., and customers are choosing those with Windows so universally that
>>> the sales staff at BestBuy need to be instructed on what to say so that
>>> the customers who don't choose Linux don't choose Linux.... or
>>> something?
>>>
>>> It *must* be a hoax.... mustn't it?
>>
>> Hehe.
>>
>> I've received the same salesdroid speel myself, and so have friends when
>> looking for Linux netbooks at the local superstore.
>>
>> It's all spurted out like a mantra, and each of us had to *insist* they
>> produce a Linux netbook from their stores so we could buy one.
>
> The easy way to avoid the "spiel" is to state immediately that "I think
> Windows is garbage." That really rattles 'em.
They'd call the supervisor.
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