Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!rutgers!gatech!udel!mmdf From: tweten@ames-prandtl.arpa (Dave Tweten) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: minix distribution Message-ID: <485@louie.udel.EDU> Date: Sat, 5-Sep-87 12:07:41 EDT Article-I.D.: louie.485 Posted: Sat Sep 5 12:07:41 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Sep-87 06:03:07 EDT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 21 From: John Gilmore lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) wrote: > I've been wondering, why is MINIX available mail order from PH only? > Why wasn't it distributed and sold at computer stores? A friend of mine runs a computer store (actually, a computer book store). He tried to get the Minix disks from Prentice-Hall. They would not give him any discount from list price, so he couldn't afford to sell the disks. Gee, that's strange. I GOT my copy of the MINIX disks from the Computer Literacy Book Store in Sunnyvale, CA. The last time I was by there, in addition to The Book, they also displayed The Tape, and The Disks. It took them a long time to get initial stock (I thought ordering through them would be faster than ordering through PH, foolish me), but now, it all seems to be available from stock. I paid list to Computer Lit. So what else is new? They're not great discounters. Since they're not in it for their health, I assume they pay PH less. You might run this by your "friend".