From: "Ellie Deyneka" <ellie@tuxtops.com>
To: <info@tuxtops.com>
Subject: Tuxtops to Cease Selling Linux Laptops and Focus on New Software Product
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:50:06 -0800

Dear customers and friends,

In the past year, working on our critically acclaimed line of Linux laptops,
we've recognized a great opportunity for Tuxtops to develop an exciting
software product. We'll announce the product in due course, and we're
sure you'll like it. This new direction will require all our resources, and
we are consequently retiring our laptop computer sales.

After we've cleared out our inventory, Tuxtops will cease selling laptops
from our web site. So if there's an Obsidian, Amethyst, or Topaz that
you've been lusting after, now's the time. We're currently researching
other ways for our customers to get the same or similar products, so 
keep an eye on the Tuxtops web page!

Our toll free support line (877-735-0638) remains open for our customers, 
and the 'chump' will still be there for you to stump with your crazy 'how do 
I do blah on my laptop' questions. Our hardware warranty is, as always, 
backed by ARM Computer. They're 10 years old and counting, and can 
handle any of your hardware support needs.

Yours truly, 

Graham Hine
CEO