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
