[mdlug] Linux in the store front ?

[Duane Brown]

Software/music retailers should have a machine that roasts CDs/DVDs on 
demand. Yes, there would be "issues" to deal with but you could then 
create and acquire the latest and only what you want at the kiosk. You 
want the latest Ubuntu go to the kiosk and get a brand new fresh roasted 
copy. Spider Man 3 (on the release date) would be immediately available. 
Distribution via the net, ...

Duane

PS I was at the VMWare user group meeting and they are pushing a product 
that is basically that in the format of a Virtual Machine Appliance. A 
database server for example would be the minimal OS and the database 
server in a, I think, pre-bundled virtual machine downloadable from the 
VMWare web site.

Wolfger wrote:
> On 5/18/07, Fati <fati at venerealinjection.com> wrote:
>   
>>> Why Is Linux not in the store shelves, is it because many download the
>>> ISO's?
>>>       
>> That seems likely, I know personally I've only bought Linux from a
>> store once, when I bought Redhat 5.2 nearly 10 years ago.
>>     
>
> I bought Mandrake 7.2 off the store shelf, got home and found out that
> 8.2 was just released... I don't think I need to say how disappointed
> I was that I just paid ~$40 for something that was already out of
> date, and which I immediately replaced with the current version, which
> only cost me a few blank CDs.
>
> I love the idea of having Linux on store shelves, but the fact is that
> Linux releases new versions far too quickly for it to be a really good
> idea. Maybe if there were more Gentoo-ish distros (where "upgrading to
> the current version" is just a matter of typing one command), it would
> be a better idea.
>
>