On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:17:58PM -0600, Shawn wrote: > Seeing a couple of people at the installfest with the "Official Slack 8" > release got me thinking again that I still haven't received my order yet.... > > Today, I made my final attempt at contacting them via e-mail. If they don't > respond, I'm taking it one step further. I'd have to go through my > statements, but I'm almost positive that I was charged for the order. If > that's the case, I'll pursue in even further matters.... > > It just pisses me off that a company that has been around as long as > Slackware, as well as being a major distro, would not respond to any e-mails > I've sent them. To me, it's not good business practice to do what they've > done to myself as well as others that I've read on the message boards. > > Yes, I know you can download it for free. I was trying to be nice and > support Slackware for future development. This can be very frustrating, but don't be too hard on Slackware. I think they are having a hard time. They probably have very few people to handle these types of things. If people or businesses want a commercial version, they go with Redhat. If they are open source purists they go with Debian. Generally. Slackware is somewhere in the middle with a loyal but unfortunately small following. If that doesn't sway you, rememebr they are one of the Minnesota connections to Linux. I forget all the facts but Volkerding is from here. I download the distro (or get it from Nate and Carl at real-time.com) and then I send Slackware a check for the web price of. Which doesn't help if you order a shirt or hat. -- Paul Rech pauljrech at acm.org rechpj at bitstream.net prsyscon at real-time.com