Hi everyone. Marc From Sub300/Sub500 here. Again I thank the supporters for the support. So far our first couple weeks in business have been quite good. To point out a couple things though: 1) The article was incorrect. We are not concentrating solely on Linspire. We already have several other free distros available, and will start bring in the pay distros soon enough (hopefully by the end of this week). We will also be expanding our hardware and system selection. 2) Although some of the carwash jokes are hilarious (especially about having to close windows), the fact that we are located next to a carwash is really a non-issue. We have been inth computer business for about 15 years, and have been doing online sales for about 2 years. It wasn't a whim to open the store inside the car wash. The two businesses run quite independantly of each other. As entrepreneurs I don't see it as a bad thing to have your finger in many pots. Lastly, 3) Our webhost. We don't host our own site. We pay a company to do so. We have been dealing with them for a long time, and they offer excellent service and truly unbeatable prices. Unfortunately they use IIS and not Linux, but we can't change that. Same as we can't tell the electric company or phone company what software they should use. If we were hosting our own site or selling internet service, I'd be concerned. We also acknowledge that the company in Australia was 1st, so we have removed all reference to that claim from our site. Again I thank you all for your support, and if you have questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me (through our websites)
HI. Marc from Sub300/Sub500 here.
Firstly I'd like to thank all of the supporters here.
To answer a few items that were brought up:
1) We don't host our own web server. We pay a company to do so, and until being slashdotted yesterday, I had no idea of what software they were using. I will be speaking to them today about perhaps making the changeover to Linux.
2) About the car wash. We happen to be in a building with a car wash in it. (We also happen to own the car wash). The two companies have nothing to do with each other. We won't be washing computers, and we won't be installing kernels in our drive-thru. The article made it sound like our store was an afterthought. The truth is that we've been doing wholesale of computer parts for the last 12 years, and we've been doing online sales through our websites for the last 18 months. The tennant renting the store space at our car wash recently ended his lease, so the space was available. The location is actually quite good, and there is plenty of parking. The idea was well pretty much well thought out. We didn't just say one day "Let's open a computer store in a carwash!"
3) We will be featuring other distros than just Linspire. We just believe that an absolute newbie coming in to our store for the first time will be much more familiar with the look and feel of Linspire. We know the "geeks" don't dig it, but very often, the geeks can fend for themselves. We are trying to convert more people to Linux. I don't see that as a bad thing.
4) Sub300 is in US Dollars, Sub500 is in Canadian dollars. I've noticed some people confused by the issue. Have to do comparisons correctly.
5) As far as the website, it's being redone (without Frontpage). We've seen the error of our ways. We also made the site before we became Linux exclusive.
That's about all I have to say. Feel free to contact me via our website if you have any questions or concerns.
Again to the supporters, thank you!
Marc
Sub300/500
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Hi everyone. Marc From Sub300/Sub500 here. Again I thank the supporters for the support. So far our first couple weeks in business have been quite good. To point out a couple things though: 1) The article was incorrect. We are not concentrating solely on Linspire. We already have several other free distros available, and will start bring in the pay distros soon enough (hopefully by the end of this week). We will also be expanding our hardware and system selection. 2) Although some of the carwash jokes are hilarious (especially about having to close windows), the fact that we are located next to a carwash is really a non-issue. We have been inth computer business for about 15 years, and have been doing online sales for about 2 years. It wasn't a whim to open the store inside the car wash. The two businesses run quite independantly of each other. As entrepreneurs I don't see it as a bad thing to have your finger in many pots. Lastly, 3) Our webhost. We don't host our own site. We pay a company to do so. We have been dealing with them for a long time, and they offer excellent service and truly unbeatable prices. Unfortunately they use IIS and not Linux, but we can't change that. Same as we can't tell the electric company or phone company what software they should use. If we were hosting our own site or selling internet service, I'd be concerned. We also acknowledge that the company in Australia was 1st, so we have removed all reference to that claim from our site. Again I thank you all for your support, and if you have questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me (through our websites)
HI. Marc from Sub300/Sub500 here. Firstly I'd like to thank all of the supporters here. To answer a few items that were brought up: 1) We don't host our own web server. We pay a company to do so, and until being slashdotted yesterday, I had no idea of what software they were using. I will be speaking to them today about perhaps making the changeover to Linux. 2) About the car wash. We happen to be in a building with a car wash in it. (We also happen to own the car wash). The two companies have nothing to do with each other. We won't be washing computers, and we won't be installing kernels in our drive-thru. The article made it sound like our store was an afterthought. The truth is that we've been doing wholesale of computer parts for the last 12 years, and we've been doing online sales through our websites for the last 18 months. The tennant renting the store space at our car wash recently ended his lease, so the space was available. The location is actually quite good, and there is plenty of parking. The idea was well pretty much well thought out. We didn't just say one day "Let's open a computer store in a carwash!" 3) We will be featuring other distros than just Linspire. We just believe that an absolute newbie coming in to our store for the first time will be much more familiar with the look and feel of Linspire. We know the "geeks" don't dig it, but very often, the geeks can fend for themselves. We are trying to convert more people to Linux. I don't see that as a bad thing. 4) Sub300 is in US Dollars, Sub500 is in Canadian dollars. I've noticed some people confused by the issue. Have to do comparisons correctly. 5) As far as the website, it's being redone (without Frontpage). We've seen the error of our ways. We also made the site before we became Linux exclusive. That's about all I have to say. Feel free to contact me via our website if you have any questions or concerns. Again to the supporters, thank you! Marc Sub300/500