On Wednesday 19 March 2003 10:03 am, Sascha Noyes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 19 March 2003 09:49, w9ya wrote: > > On Wednesday 19 March 2003 07:55 am, Thierry Vignaud wrote: > > > John Southern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > BuyLinuxNow are saying that 9.1 is released. > > > > http://www.buylinuxnow.co.uk/mandrake_9.1.htm > > > > > > > > Are they early or am I late? > > > > > > it has been released but not yet announced. > > > > O.k. - So let's say I announce a release several days before it really is > > released, then it is released, then it is available and then it can be > > shipped and about three weeks to a month lapse before I get it. All this > > PROVIDED that Mandrake really did release it just a few days after I > > announced it, and not a couple of weeks later. > > > > The truth is this company posted that it was released on their website > > prior to it actually being released on the hope and.or desire that it > > would be released on some time table that wouldn't cause them or their > > customers any grief. In some places this is illegal. I know the credit > > card companies take a dim view of such "business practices". Especially > > when a company does not clearly state an expected release date and > > instead says that it has been released. This firm, btw, uses paypal and > > credit cards. > > > > Bob Finch > > I'm not sure exactly what you are getting at. Mandrake store sells
SImple really, check the link, that is a third party and not Mandrake declaring it was released before it was. Bob > pre-orders. (Notice the "pre"). A mandrake developer saying to the testers > on the cooker mailing list that 9.1 is out is not an official announcement. > There has been some controversy during the 9.0 pre-order process because of > the credit cards being billed a long time before the product is shipped. > The official announcement of the pre-order of 9.1 on Mandrakeclub has a > warning that credit cards will be billed beforehand. This warning should be > added under the "important information" heading for the pre-orders on > mandrakestore. > > Sascha Noyes > > - -- > Please encrypt all correspondence. > PGP key available from: > http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+eIbVgzJdfX+cTW8RArG5AJ9VkR/ZyMK7VGCg2lKGf5quQCjhiACfWRUV > LNuaDNOgAF2Nl+cWiDDZrzs= > =ta39 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
