On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 07:03, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > and Red Hat both make the same decision and don't appear to be filing > > > for bankruptcy protection... > > > > Redhat have millions left over from a sucessful IPO, and SuSE have recently > > recived a shitload of cash from IBM (to stop them from going under), so the > > comparison is hardly fair. > > Fair? What does fair have to do with anything? Red Hat were able to make > a successful IPO, MandrakeSoft wanted to and didn't. That is, Red Hat > made a successful financial move, MandrakeSoft didn't. IBM give money to > SuSE in the belief that it'll ultimately benefit IBM. Apparently, no > large companies believe that the survival of MandrakeSoft is in their > long-term interest. > -- > adamw
He was talking about your comparison of the situations not being fair, not about fairness in the business world with regard to Mandrake's IBM,s and Red Hat's financial decisions. You know that and so does everybody else. John was correct. --LX -- ��������������������������������������������������� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ ���������������������������������������������������
