Groovy with me!
Michael Brown wrote:
>
> On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote:
> > > > I think what he was talking about was... instead of
> > > > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a
> > > > user/developer owned company with the ability to buy
> > > > into the company that you are also putting effort
> > > > into.
> > > Sounds like a good idea to me. What is the legal status of Mandrake as a
> > > company? If it's the equivalent of what in the UK is a private limited
> > > company, then it could offer shares for sale to developers (but not to the
> > > general public), AFAIK.
> > Now this is sounding intresting....
>
> Is anyone at Mandrake seriously considering this? I don't know any French
> law, but if the legal status is similar to that of a UK private limited
> company then Mandrake can offer shares for sale to whoever it wants to on
> an individual basis, but cannot open them up for sale to the general
> public. I can't speak for anyone else, but I would be keen to buy a few
> shares every so often (say $10 a week - $500 a year) and know that I was
> helping to keep Mandrake alive and at the same time building up an
> investment (donations aren't quite the same) ready for the time when
> Mandrake displaces Windows on the majority of desktop PCs(!).
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Michael
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