On 11 Nov 2002 14:58:36 -0800, James Sparenberg wrote:
>Ok I'm here in the Sillycon (silicon) valley and wondering one
>thing.
>Why is it that RH 8.0 and SuSe 8.1 both of which came out a month or
>so
>after MDK 9.0 have been in the stores for about 3 or 4 weeks .... and
>MDK is still nowhere to be found. �(Yes I know I can order from
>Mandrake
>Shop that's not my point.) �However 8.2 is there and this results in
>statements like ("Yes Mandrake is nice but it's always so far behind
>the
>others.") Where as you and I know this isn't true, how can the
>average
>consumer know this when what they see in the boxes is.
>
>Is this a case of McMillan dropping the ball? �If so maybe delaying
>the
>next release to the world until the distributors can get their
>collective heads out of their nether regions and time the download
>version better with the retail version. �(It wouldn't hurt MDK's
>bottom
>line to do so either.) �It really is frustrating to watch 8.2 just in
>time for 9.0 to hit the mirrors. �Not to mention what it does to
>sales.
>
>
>JamesMandrake not in stores? Hell, I pre-ordered it. My credit card was charged in 9/27. I am still waiting. I have never been charged before shipping on any other product I can remember. I thought I'd do the "right thing" and fork over the money. Not any more. -- Matthew O. Persico
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