[TriLUG] OT Local Electronic DIY Store

Jeremy Davis jeremyhwllc at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 14:30:52 EDT 2013


Randy, the Onion article about Radio Shack is awesome, thanks for sharing
:-)

My theory is and has been for a while, Radio Shack has the potential to be
a huge success and a much more threatening competitor to Apple Stores and
Best Buy, if they would simply embrace the open source community and
concept. If they were to become the "go to" place for Linux based
computing, MSFT and Apple would have a much greater situation on their
hands. Probably no other company has the potential to change the game like
Radio Shack could.

They would need:
Linux compatible computers such as netbooks and maybe Chromebooks,
Raspberri Pi etc...
Someone who can install, update and repair Linux based computers
Linux compatible hardware inventory
Change their slogan to something that includes the "open source" buzzword
and change their marketing strategy.

Not sure how to make the change happen though. Last year I tried contacting
their CEO to arrange a meeting but never got through. Probably, the open
source community would have to be creative and with coordinated efforts
figure out a way to get the attention of the Radio Shack corporate types to
influence their business model.

Jeremy
On Jun 14, 2013 1:42 PM, "Randy Barlow" <randy at electronsweatshop.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:02:57 -0400, Scott Suehle <ssuehle at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Radioshack has a small section devoted to Adruino.
>>
>
> http://www.theonion.com/**articles/even-ceo-cant-figure-**
> out-how-radioshack-still-in-b,**2190/<http://www.theonion.com/articles/even-ceo-cant-figure-out-how-radioshack-still-in-b,2190/>
>
> (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
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