[TriLUG] OT: DSL for SOHO in Chapel Hill

[Chris Knowles]

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 08:19, Michael Thompson wrote:
> NOT if you live in Greenville.  
> 

But definitely if you live in Cary.  The Cary staff is reasonably
knowledgeable, and when I asked the question if the laptops they sell
were compatible with Linux, they admitted their ignorance, kicked the
question around for a couple days and then offered to let me install on
a laptop in the store, no obligation.  (sadly my situation changed in
the intervening time, so I was unable to take advantage.)  

They've always tried to work with the customer, and help in figuring out
if the hw will work in your system.

Only bad thing now is that they are apparently really pushing to be the
premier source for case mod supplies.  

> I had an interesting conversation with idiot|moron|half-wit behind the
> counter who tried to convince me that Linux was NOT evolving as quickly
> as Windows.  Oh yeah, in case anyone didn't know, open source software
> is inherently insecure because "everyone can read the code" and find the
> vulnerabilities.  He didn't have much to say when I told him about
> OpenBSDs 7-year, 1 remote compromise record (despite the "insecure" open
> source).  He was also not willing to even check Linux compatibility with
> any of the hardware he was selling, which didn't much matter to me as it
> was overpriced anyway.
> 
> So unless you like your overpriced hardware bundled with a healthy dose
> of *bad* customer service and complete ignorance, STAY AWAY from Intrex
> in Greenville.  (And if you do, you might as well buy brand name stuff
> at Circuit City or Best Buy.)
> 
> I guess you guys have it better there in the Triangle.
> 
> Just my rant plus $.02
> 
> --mike
> 
> On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 19:26, Ralph Blach wrote:
> > Charles,
> > 
> > Try http://www.intrex.net
> > 
> > I have there service and they are price competive and have good 
> > knoledgable service
> 
> 
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