__/ [ x0054 ] on Friday 02 June 2006 05:30 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:2089964.hD7puV7O2X@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 16:57 \__
>>
>>> thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> So my purchase of an old industrial warehouse building to convert
>>>> into loft apartment / office / shop space / mad scientist
>>>> laboooooratory has fallen through (never try to buy a building from
>>>> a seller with a severe drinking problem), but their might be a
>>>> silver lining. I've stumbled across another building that just
>>>> popped on the market a few blocks from my current place. It has
>>>> retail frontage on the first floor and a large apartment up top. My
>>>> girlfriend has long considered opening a coffee/tea house, and I
>>>> could put my business offices and a training center in the back. Of
>>>> course it would be an Internet cafe and run Linux on all the net
>>>> stations. We've even considered calling it The Penguin Cafe or some
>>>> such. Of course I've only just talked to the real estate agent
>>>> about it, so its a bit early to count the penguins before they've
>>>> hatched, so to speak.
>>>>
>>>> We only just missed out on another great retail space a few days
>>>> earlier. A nice corner frontage with upper apartment and a huge
>>>> lot (would make for nice outdoor seating), smaller than the current
>>>> one but the price was right.
>>>>
>>>> Of course our fallback plan is to just buy another cheap duplex,
>>>> sell the current commercial property for a huge gain (the real
>>>> estate market is really cooking in my current neighborhood) and
>>>> then bank the money until the original warehouse property is
>>>> seized by the city and sold at auction. We've already got
>>>> inspection and appraisal money tied up in the place, so we are
>>>> reluctant to give up on it completely. The whole Internet cafe
>>>> idea is tempting though. If we make the place an open source
>>>> resource center, host gaming events, offer computer training...
>>>> I think we could build up a non-local clientele beyond the
>>>> standard walk-in traffic.
>>>>
>>>> As dreams go, its not a bad one. :)
>>>
>>> Don't know where you're at -- but real estate is falling in value in
>>> many American cities, so it might be worth your while to wait.
>>
>> If you carry on with this dream, I wish you the best of luck. With
>> Internet cafes, location and /visibility/ to the public are probably
>> the most important factors. Remember that to most, the ideaology of
>> Open Source (or some Linux mantra) is utterly meaningless. That said,
>> many are curious, so they may enter the shape as means of getting a
>> taste of Linux. Be sure to sell some popsicles, right beside the
>> Penguin. But no popsicles when using the keyboard...!
>>
>> Roy
>>
>
> Get a few fast systems to run doom, tremulous, quake and all the other
> teem capable games in multiplayer. Then stock up on red bull and collect
> the money :) If you get good systems they will come :)
Will this still be called an Internet Cafe? No Internet. No Cafe. Should be
called a "Quake Bar" or........... *AHA*........ An _Open Source_ Quake
Zone... could modify the package source to have a Tux at the bottom of the
screen...
> BTW, I second that comment about real estate going down in most places.
> If you going to sell, sell now, if buy, wait just a bit.
>
> Where are you at?
Yes, I wondered the same thing...
Best wishes,
Roy
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