Re: [Cooker] Sad state of pre-releasing to consumers

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

Robert L Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


[...]

> so not only does the "Complete" have less than the Deluxe version it has
> less than the free download Edition??

Do you know how long it takes to update an on-line product compared to an
on-the-shelves product?

What can we do? The only reason why this is not happening to our opponents
is because they don't provide the updates on their websites so it seems
that the download version is same quality than the retail.

 
> MICROSOFT DOES NOT PUT KNOWN BETAS ON SALE SO WHY ARE YOU PUNISHING
> THE FOLKS THAT IN PART PAY YOUR SALERIES FOR WANTING TO DO SO???

Do you know the difference between Release Candidates and Beta?????? It
seems not.


> Robert L Martin
> Who thinks Mandrake should burn a special "walmart edition" fix cd and
> send to registered users of that cd.

We could not do that because $25 is too cheap to handle it.



-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/