On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 10:55, Dave Salovesh wrote: > First, my apologies to any here who may have already heard this through > other channels, and I also ask your forgiveness if I've missed a thread here > where this is being discussed. And lastly, I hope you don't worry that it > might not be most inappropriate for a part-time Mandrake nobody and > full-time NT/2000/MS-SQL/IIS admin to bring this up.
Unfortunately I did not see your post, and posted an alternative story on The Register to the list. But I'm glad that others are taking note of this and taking it to heart. I too think it would be very bad for everybody as a whole and especially bad for the members of this list if MandrakeSoft hit a wall. I think it's time for anybody that cares to become active in their support of MandrakeSoft. Loki bit the dust recently, with some employees not having gotten a paycheck since sometime in 2000. Can anyone say "loyalty?" Mission Critical Linux went down, with the loss of 55 employees. The financial burden is a cross that the Linux world needs to learn how to bear; and fast; it's not too late. MandrakeSoft itself is now activating it's warning lights to give everyone a heads up. The now-unemployed people loved their companies. Their dedication was plain to see. How dedicated are you when you cut back on your groceries for two years just to keep working? For free? I feel that the people of MandrakeSoft are no different with respect for the love they have both for their distribution and their company; it shines through in the product that they produce. If we want to preserve this corporate identity in our marketplace, and continue to enjoy the Mandrake releases, then I personally believe it's time for those of us that care enough to show our support for Mandrake by joining the club. At one time, Windows sold for 200 US$ a copy. For that much money, you could have a 3.3 year subscription to the Mandrake club. It's only 5$ a month; less than the cost of alot of magazine subscriptions. See: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/mdkfuture.php3 > It seems Mandrake is coming into a financially rough stretch. From their > announcement: > > "Even though all of us here at MandrakeSoft are excited about the upcoming > release, we've also been distracted by financial concerns. Despite > continuous good reviews in the press; despite having millions of users > throughout the world; despite producing an award-winning Linux distribution > that is a solid competitor to both UNIX and Window$, the Mandrake Linux > distribution's short-term future is in jeopardy due to a simple factor: > money." _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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