Re: tlug: Taipei's Akihabara

[Michael Chiu <mchiu@example.com>]

That's interesting... pirated Linux... sounds like an oxymoron... so
what is the USD equivalent of $60?


> 
> Hmm,... don't laugh -- but in Sim Lim Towers in Singapore (the "Akiba"
> of Japan shrunk into 2 or 3 buildings) I've seen *pirated* versions of
> Linux!! The shopkeeper apparently have no clue what the heck it is but
> it's being sold alongside a whole jumble of pirated Microslop
> applications. The cover even had a tag that looks something like :
> "This copy -- $60, contains thousands of dollars worth of *commercial*
> software!". And all it bundled was a really really old version of Slackware.
> Man! I had such a good laugh. Too bad I don't remember the exact claim on 
> the CD-box. It was funnier than that.... 
> 
> 
> Later...
> Chiew
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