[Cialug] The end draws near for the Alienware Saga.

[Mark Hesseltine]

You could Coralize it. 

http://www.coralcdn.org/

Just submit the story with the address Coralized. Then, when the
hoards from Slashdot hit it, they'll get their local cached version,
and not have to hit your webserver.

On 6/24/05, Theron Conrey <theron at conrey.org> wrote:
> Um, I'm down for it, if someone will host it.  I'm afraid that my server
> would melt under the strain.  AND AS ITS ALSO MY HOME MAIL SERVER I'd
> rather that not happen :)
> 
> 
> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> 
> > Slashdot it.
> >
> >On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 22:46, n.d wrote:
> >
> >
> >>as unlikely as i'm sure this is, is there a way this could get a little
> >>media attention?
> >>
> >>or some way that others who might think of buying alienware could
> >>reference this case? i'm sure there are lots of people who'd like to get
> >>another discount on their alienware computer.
> >>
> >>just a thought (that i hope made sense)
> >>
> >>
> >>Theron Conrey wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I apologize for answering this email within an email.... bleech.
> >>>and kristau, I'll acost you with sushi the next chance I get......
> >>>
> >>>Kenneth Ristau wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Theron Conrey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>So in summary, I'm stuck with this license, and 75 dollars of gift
> >>>>>certificates.  I'd call that a draw.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Theron Conrey
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Don't take me wrong here, I don't mean to bust your chops.  You lost.
> >>>>
> >>>>If this does get taken up by the AG, AlienWare will argue that the $75
> >>>>of gift certificates were "compensation in excess" of the disputed
> >>>>refund value.  They bought you off cheap.  I bet they paid all of $0
> >>>>themselves for those gift certificates.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>It may have cost them nothing for those gift certificates, but I'll
> >>>get $75 dollars worth of stuff that I'd have shelled out coin for anyway.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Worst of all?  Microsoft still got their $$ from the sale of the
> >>>>license.  Sounds to me like you owe the FSF a $75 donation.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Trust me they're the last group I'll feel that I owe money to as they
> >>>see a fair share of my $$ as it is, but if we're counting $$  I'd have
> >>>gone higher.. (kristau trying to say the Microsoft is EQUAL to
> >>>GNU/Linux.... sheeesh)...  If anything I'm pissed that I can't buy
> >>>debian cd from Amazon :)  (why I'm not counting the Progeny CD there
> >>>is way OT) That would have been the "best" outcome given the events
> >>>unfolding as they did.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>OK, enough bustin' yer ass.  I must give you kudos, mad props and
> >>>>mega-w00ts for the way you handled this difficult situation.  It is a
> >>>>plain, simple matter of economics.  You reached your threshhold and cut
> >>>>your losses.  Happens to the best of us (don't ask me about my special
> >>>>assesment from the wonderful City of Johnston).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm tempted now more than ever to call up their sales line and string
> >>>>them along, spec'ing the highest priced system I possibly can -- only to
> >>>>ask the clincher question at the end, "Can I get that without an OS?"
> >>>>If I get enough guts to actually do it, I'll report my results here.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>It may have cost them nothing this time, but they've identified and
> >>>shown that the OS is worth 75 dollars to a customer.  That being said,
> >>>when you call them up, and get your system, you'll be able to ask for
> >>>the $75 dollars off that you know that they've given to another
> >>>customer for the Windows OS.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Fight the good fight!
> >>>>kristauK
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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