As far as I know you can get them on amazon now. I called the office in china they said they are selling to schools and local government and only a few are for export to open source fans
Sent from my iPod On Jan 1, 2012, at 18:23, Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 06:01:31PM +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote: > >>> These words you keep on using... I don't think they mean what you think >>> they mean. >> >> That's ok because I'm the one who "keeps on using" them, not you. But I >> meant what I wrote just so you know. >> >>> Noone is holding you at gunpoint until you are buying a Lemote device. >> >> No but the factory is making sure only limited dealers can sell them. I >> smell a rat. >> >>> If you consider them too expensive for what you think they are worth, >>> it's fine. But don't tell people their prices are ``holding people in >>> hostage''. Thanks. >> >> Oh, so you are one of the people holding people hostage by limiting >> distribution and you're just not admitting it? >> >> Or you're just an argumentative sonofabitch and for some reason you believe >> it's your responsibility to police the net for certain types of posts and >> align yourself with those who gouge people on slave labor technology? After >> all it costs them about 5 bucks to actually make it. Pardon me I am not >> rushing to pay 250 dollars. That seems excessive as I have said. >> >> Since you have advice for me, let me share some for you. Mind your own >> fucking business. I really don't give a shit that you don't think a >> restricted distribution network and price controls are fine. Most of the >> rest of us don't agree. >> >> Now go away.. > > Ehum, if Miod would have done that, there would likely be no OpenBSD > running on these Loongsons. So given the choice, I would rather have > anonymous cowards that did not contribute anything to leave. > > -Otto
