[BL] Help for a newbie

sindi keesan keesan at sdf.lonestar.org
Thu Jan 11 09:26:36 EST 2007


On Thu, 11 Jan 2007, Greg Mayman wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:47:28 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:
>
>> Amazon.com often has older editions of things from individuals which are
>> cheaper than those from online shops.
>
>> Do you know the conversion rate US to AU dollars?
>
> It's on the news every night. From memory, AU$1 = about US$0.78

Which makes your $57 version of Running Linux about US$45.  I could buy 
two 700MHz computers with 256MB RAM and PC-Linux in 6GB from a local store 
for $50.  They have had them for a year, no buyers.  Circa 2000.


>
> .   ,-./\
> .  /     \     from Greg Mayman, in Adelaide, South Australia
> .  \_,-*_/     "Queen City of The South"    34:55 S  138:36 E

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