NPR - Lindows + WalMart

[Stuart Biggerstaff]

As near as I can tell, Mandrake left Walmart's shelves because of some 
reorganization at Pearson, who published their U.S. boxed sets.  Through 
version 8.1, they were sold by Macmillan Software, while 8.2 is sold by 
Pearson Education.  Locally, 8.1 was about $30.00 at Best Buy and 
MicroCenter, and about $25.00 at Walmart.  Now 8.2 is about $40.00, and I 
haven't seen it at Best Buy or Walmart.  And I don't find  the 
www.macmillansoftware.com web site any more.

At 12:19 PM 7/12/02 -0400, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
>I've seen Mandrake come and goe at least once already from Walmart's
>shelves.  If they do Mandrake on the machines, too, they'll probably bring
>it back again soon.
>
>On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 10:26:21 -0500
>"Stuart Biggerstaff" <biggers at lindahall.org> wrote:
>
> >  The
> > timing is kind of interesting, since availability of these almost
> > coincides with Mandrake disappearing from the software shelves at
> > Walmart's stores.



Stuart Biggerstaff

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