[email protected] writes: > Most of our catalog is available from the UK
This is good to know. After discovering Think Penguin on the trisquel site's advert I fully intend to purchase from you in the future. > although not the > laptops. At least not yet. You can order from the US though. We may > have some laptops available from the UK in the near future although it > is still a work in progress. I hope you continue to work on this. For many years I have been searching for a free laptop, with no result. > Part of what is holding us up is we really want to ship some new > models with different specifications than we currently have > available. Unfortunately we can't put out that combination of chipsets > and specifications for technical and/or part availability reasons. We > are waiting to hear back from 3rd parties on certain components we > would need to make it happen. I don't really understand your explanation here. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that the reason is valid. I have little technical knowledge in this area; but what is the problem with shipping your existing laptops to the UK? I can only think of power supply problems; could this be fixed with external transformers? > The real issue though is there aren't enough people demanding free > software compatible hardware. If there were as many users purchasing > free software compatible hardware as GNU/Linux users we could have > every combination you could think of just about. The following is personal opinion only; I don't think there is a problem with demand. I think you (and others) just can't see it because the correct channels aren't in place. How would you detect demand unless 1,000+ people emailed you directly saying "Please, we want free laptops". I'll admit that there does appear to be a problem in the UK; we are getting left behind while the rest of western Europe; and America actively pursue freedom. But when offered free hardware alternatives there would be many, like myself, who would gladly take it. The problem is that the ball needs to start rolling. I can't buy a laptop (freely) because the price is too high. The price is too high because companies don't see the demand. One of us has to bite the bullet. Either way, take this as my email: "Please, we want free laptops." Kevin Fletcher.
