Re: [Cooker] Saving Mandrake - a Users Perspective

[Jason]

I agree but I'd rather lose a few beta testers (if they can't understand the reasons Mandrake need to change their policies then perhaps it's no great loss) than lose the distro....I run Cooker and update it each day so I am one of those "beta testers" too. The Cooker packages would still be available for the beta testers anyway. They don't need the ISO's, they can create an ISO from Cooker Packages (since a release is only a stable snapshot of Cooker anyway) or use Mandrake install or whatever. There are many solutions to keep beta testers happy I believe.

Just MHO.

Cheers

Jason

Mandrake may say, yeah but we need help NOW. Ok, I
agree, create the lower tiers to the club today (and tell the Linux
press and media outlets ASAP) and I will join today. Me along with
several other users I have helped convert to Mandrake here in New Zealand
(and hopefully millions of users the world over). Mandrake doesn't
need handouts, it needs to refine its business model. The availability
of ISO downloads before boxed set arrival not only reduces potential
sales (and possibly club membership sales) but it also is a double edged
sword that ensures your mirrors get hosed driving up the bandwidth
costs for Mandrake and the mirror owners.

ISO availability when the product is finalized pays
back all the people who gave their time to beta test. Take that away you'll lose the beta testers, and the
quality of the product will decline. There's no easy
solution.

It *would* be nice if someone would answer my question
about educational institutions and LUGs joining the
club though...

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