On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 02:44, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > >No, but it would at least act as a disincentive by being a hostage to > >fortune; if they broke it, the reaction would be all the greater because > >there would be something concrete to point to and say "look, you said > >this and you lied". This would make it at least *harder* for them to > >cross the line.
> Why is there this presumption that Mandrakesoft is determined to screw > over there users? I'm new here relative to some of the cookers. Has > there been a strong precedence of this happening in Mandrakesoft's past? Nope, none at all. I am, though, a natural pessimist, and also a pragmatist. I suggest the above mainly in Mandrakesoft's own interest. If they have no intention of, as you put it, "screwing over their users", then they lose nothing by posting such a message, and they gain considerably, as it would go a long way to rectifying the public relations disaster this whole saga has become. -- adamw
