Mad Penguin: Tux Goes Retail: How Open Source is Faring in Big Box Retail Stores
Mar 24, 2006, 22:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Christian Einfeldt)
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"Free open source software is making slow in-roads into the
world of big box retail. This article is the first of a series of
two Mad Penguin articles which take a detailed look inside the
world of retail as Tux is experiencing it. Today, in Section One
Mad Penguin goes shopping to see what can be seen in four retail
big box stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, complete with short
videos inside some of those stores for the purpose of providing a
wee bit of context. Later in today's article, in Section Two, Mad
Penguin takes a look at how software distribution works and why
open Tux's move into big box retail marks a big change from its
historical pattern of distribution through LUG meetings, mirrors,
and Linux how-to books. Finally, in next weeks article, Mad Penguin
interviews Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony; Xandros CEO Andreas
Typaldos; Mepis Linux founder Warren Woodford; and Kevin Jones,
Micro Center Vice President of Merchandising, to get their take
Tux's jump into big box retail..."
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