[CoLoCo] Ubuntu at Best Buy

[Kevin Fries]

On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 12:19 -0600, Jim Hutchinson wrote:
> I don't think they can do this. One of the core values of Ubuntu is
> that it will always be free. They can charge a price for pressing
> disc, packaging and such which makes the $20 price about right or
> maybe a bit high, but $100 would probably cause problems as someone
> would be profiting on something that is guaranteed to be free. I would
> think (hope) Canonical would challenge that.

I think that would also depend on whether they offered any type of
support with the boxed version.  Support is another chargeable element.

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Kevin Fries
Senior Linux Engineer
Computer and Communications Technology, Inc
A Division of Japan Communications Inc.