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Software Vending Machines

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the would-you-like-to-supersize-that dept.

anubis__ writes "CNN details a sort-of software vending machine named 'SoftwareToGo' that CompUSA is testing out in their Seattle, WA, Dallas, TX, and San Francisco, CA stores. The upside to this vending machine is that your CD is burned when you request it, so the latest patches available for the software you're buying might already be included with the installation. The downside, like anything requiring some level of technical aptitude in the US, is that the machines are avoided by the masses of shoppers." This has been in the works for a year or so.

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  1. Re:This might work out for the rare stuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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    7. Linux
    6. Leatherbound LOTR trilogy
    5. Coupons to Arbies
    4. Sex with a mare
    3. Alvin and the Chipmunks sing their favorite showtunes [cassette]
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    1. fill-in-the-blank

  2. Re:Good Idea but . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. In Soviet Russia.... by dook43 · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, vending machines dispense YOU!

    or

    In Soviet Russia, software owns YOU!

    --
    This comment was randomly generated by a school of piranhas chewing on the PCB of a Microsoft Natural Keyboard.
  4. Re:Profit Opportunity for Linux by BeerVarmint · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since when does XP fit on a CD? Last I checked it was spread across multiple discs...

  5. Re:This might work out for the rare stuff by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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