[techtalk] RE: remote xwin?
Susannah Rosenberg
indrani at mindspring.com
Mon Apr 24 11:46:48 EST 2000
Brian Sweeney wrote:
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>
> PS-Has anybody seen this thing that's been going down with the iOpener
> machine? $99 and hackable into a nice thin client, only the company's
> gotten all upset and pulled some really dirty tricks on the customers in an
> effort to make some of the money back their losing...won't go into detail
> now; just wondering if anyone else heard anything...
last i heard, the situation is this:
- if you ordered from circuit city, they're still hackable.
i've been waiting on mine nearly 2 months now, though.
- if you order through netpliance, they're still hackable,
/but/ you have to prepay for 3 months of their online
service at $30 a month, and if you cancel the service
before the three months are up you're charged $500.
frankly, i'll take the extra $90 over the $500 -- it's
still a decent terminal for <$300, anyway.
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Susannah D. Rosenberg / indrani at mindspring.com / gravity.dyn.dhs.org
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