Staples Selling Mac OS X Early

from the oops dept

How do you make Steve Jobs mad? You go against the plan. And, in this case, the plan is to launch Mac OS X on March 24th. However, some Staples stores have been selling it early. Apparently no one filled them in on the plan. The trick, if you want an early copy, is to find the right Staples store clerk who has no clue, and ask him to run in the back and get you a copy. The article names a few of the stores that are carrying the OS openly, but also mentions one Staples store (in Ithaca, NY, of all places) that apparently has none in stock. That's very fitting for Ithaca. Perhaps the local townspeople are boycotting it because it's too big of a name and they are coming out with their own IthacaOS or something (note for those of you who didn't realize it: I lived in the nothingness that is Ithaca NY for a period of time).
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  1. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 21 Mar 2001 @ 7:37pm

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    come on man, whats so bad about ithaca? i mean sure the town is weird and all, but cornell is cool, we make the town

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    ScooterBoy, 21 Mar 2001 @ 11:22pm

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    i agree with the anonymous coward.. ithaca ROCKS!

    link to this | view in thread ]

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    ScooterBoy, 21 Mar 2001 @ 11:25pm

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    Hey.. wait! I don't agree with the anonymous coward! He said Ithaca was weird.

    Ithaca is GORGES!

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    mhh5, 21 Mar 2001 @ 11:34pm

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    Ithaca is a special place. Don't knock it.

    link to this | view in thread ]

  5. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 22 Mar 2001 @ 7:28am

    right on the money

    After Ithaca came out with IthacaOS and only the freaky food coop workers bought it, they'd start complaining about how the town 5 minutes away is sucking all the money out of the College students by selling a commercial OS who engages in harmful [profitable] business practices. Sheesh! Ithaca is a cool place to hang out for four years, but it's a prime example of what happens when you let academics win local elections.

    link to this | view in thread ]


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