On Wednesday 27 March 2002 08:05 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > On Tue, 2002-03-26 at 22:47, J. Craig Woods wrote: > > Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > > Congratulations. For the home user, the cost of ownership of > > > Mandrake has exceeded the cost of Win2k. And you can't even go > > > down to the local software store and buy a game for it. Or a > > > business accounting package, or a decent CD Label Printing > > > Package. or.... > > > > > > Ok, yep, I'll keep running it, because I like it. I'm just > > > disgruntled. > > > > > > If you all want to turn on the jets, and flame me for it, fine. > > > I just felt the need to share a few points that just fry me > > > from time to time. Thanks for listening. > > > > > > JMHO-YMMV > > > > > > Ric > > > > OK, Ric, you had your bitch. Do you feel any better? I must say > > you are mostly right but, what the hell, welcome to the world of > > Linux... > > I've been with Linux a long time. And I'll continue to stay. I > break out in a rash every time I need to walk up to a Windows box. > > Sometimes "junk" just builds up, and ya gotta dump it somewhere. > > And for the record: > I don't begrudge Mandrake the right to make their money. We all > help to that end when we buy the boxed sets. What got my goat was > when they started looking for hand-outs on top of what they already > get for paid support, and purchases of boxed sets. It looks like > buying the boxed set is no longer enough, but we all have to "join > the club" as well. I charge my customers too. But only once. > > But enough ranting. Sorry for disturbing everyone. I'll crawl back > into my cave now. > > And yeah, I feel better now. Thanks. > (gotta lay off that late night coffee...;) > > Ric
Really I think that Mandrakesoft would do both themselves and their customers a favour if they made it clear whether club membership was intended to be an addition to buying boxed sets or a replacement. It does feel a bit like they want you to pay twice at the moment Regards Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland
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