On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:07:54 -0500, Michael Osten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Some where in the universe on Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:26:54 -0700
> Lorne Shantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Well said. I have made my contribution to help. I figure I've gotten
> lots of fun
> > from this version. Now what really makes me crazy is after helping them
> out I
> > would at least like to be able to leave Mandrake a test report. The web
> site says
> > I need to give them more money to do that!?!?!? Am I missing something,
> or is that
> > a work in progress.
>
>
> How long has Mandrake been around? It would seem that they were doing
> fine on a smaller budget before. The only Linux companies that are going
> to be around in the near future are the ones that can be operated within
> their means.
I don't know one pure GNU/Linux company that can truthfully claim to be
operating "within their means". Even Red Hat, which is probably the most viable
company right now, is still indebted to venture capitalists. Mandrakesoft has
never been profitable, and past (mis)management by former CEO Henri Poole made
this worse. They are still on track to become profitable by the end of the year,
but not without laying off some workers. They don't want to do this, hence their
plea for help. Mandrake is not dying, it just doesn't want to downsize its
workforce to become profitable.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan
"The nice thing about standards is that you
have so many to choose from."
-- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 2nd ed, p.25
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