RE: [expert] Article about Mandrakesoft's "new direction"

[Milnes Terry SSgt 52LSS/LGLOE]

Here is my take on this, since everyone has had there chance. I am glad to
see Mandrakesoft diversifying. This hopefully will allow Mandrakesoft to
become more profitable and possibly hire on more programmers meaning a much
more enriched distribution, but may also mean purchasing other companies
that play along the same lines as Mandrakesoft wishes to go. I.e.
Caldera/SCO, RedHat This means a better product for you and I the user.
Mandrakesoft has some of the best programmers that I have spoken to(E-mail)
and received help from. I would just like to say thanks to Chris Molnar and
David Faure. The two of them have helped me immensely in getting KDE to just
how I like it. There are others on this list which I don't know may work for
Mandrakesoft that have helped me. This is why I love Linux so much, the
community spirit. Keep up the good work!!!

NeoFax


 -----Original Message-----
From:   Zeljko Vukman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent:   Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:30 AM
To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:        Re: [expert] Article about Mandrakesoft's "new direction"

Hi,

I am a little bit surprised how some people interprete Mandrake business 
policy.
If you are going to abandon Mandrake and your move is based on an 
article then... :(
Spreading business activities is only a good thing (as Chris mentioned 
in his mail), and every
serious company does this. I rather see Mandrake buying other companies 
then other companies
buying Mandrake.
Do you really think that, for example, Mercedes Benz only produces cars? 
And Carlsberg beer?
No way.
But Mandrake people should better react on these rumours cause they can 
really damage
Mandrake Linux distribution. If people are worried about Mandrake Linux 
future and they are not
sure their software will  be suported aymore, then Mandrake has a real 
problem.

Christopher Molnar wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
> We are not ending our distro. There is just a move to put effort into
these 
> other areas. This is not a bad thing, this is a good thing.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> On Monday 05 February 2001 19:00, Vic wrote:
> 
>> If that is the case, then I pick RedHat, suse has no sound.
>> 
>> On Monday 05 February 2001 05:12 pm, so spoke John J. LeMay Jr.:
>> 
>>> ** Reply to message from "Michael O'Henly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon,
05
>>> Feb 2001 08:43:24 -0800
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> This is interesting...
>>>> 
>>>>    http://linuxgram.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=108&aid=11659
>>> 
>>> Sounds like it may be time to look at SuSE or RedHat again.
>>> 
>>> Here's an interesting question. If Mandrake DID end their distro, what
>>> would you move to? Another Linux distro? Which? A BSD variant? Which?
>>> 
>>> John LeMay Jr.
>>> Senior Enterprise Consultant
>>> NJMC, LLC.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> [tag] The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.
>>