On Tuesday 24 December 2002 02:21 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 04:49 AM, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > I was wondering where you are ... This List isn't the same without you > > ... > > Regarding your Mail. I do agree that something needs to be done and I > > will do so. But as a developper, I do not like much Workarounds - as > > the main issue here are the Head People (Top Management) that screwed > > - and they need to be made responsible for their mistakes. > > > > civileme wrote: > > [...] > > > >> Then arrived the venture capitalists.... > >> They invested monies but wanted an international team of executives to > >> manage the company. Such a team was acquired. > >> Under that team, the expenses went up about 400% without a concomitant > >> increase in revenue. The direction was modified from a linux > >> distributor to an internet education company with a hook to linux. > > [...] > > > My Idea would be to reset the Mandrake-Soft into a GPL'd System - > > Similar to the Debian group - and continue. As long as these > > Directors/Managers will be there - they will shout for Cash, Income > > etc. without really contributing something to it. > > This has been done a long time ago. The individuals civileme was > referring to have not been with the company for some time. > > > Remember - everywhere you have High Level Managers/Directors etc. - > > there is a potential guy with no real understanding on the matter that > > can blow it. And the Day they leave a company - they get even paid for > > leaving it... We should make them responsible for the Live of a > > company with their personal goods ! In this way - they'd be looking at > > what they screw ! or not ... > > So - the only sure way to have something survive that actually has a > > very high impact and is loved by the People who use it - is to keep it > > small - and lay off all these unneeded Directors/Consultants that are > > to be considered as vampires sucking out the living substance of what > > is a healthy company. > > Having people who know how it works, with a little bit on Finance > > knowledge - should be enough to get a company up and running within > > the selfsustaining costs. > > Again, they're gone, and have been for some time. That's the only > reason why things are as "good" as they are now... if they had remained > on board, I think MandrakeSoft would be history right now. > > > Just my 2cents... > > > > PS: If someone from Mandrakesoft could forward this to the "Vampires" > > and tell me what they Think - I'd be happy to know their answers. > > I don't think the "vampires" would respond as they have nothing to do > with MandrakeSoft anymore. =)
Mandrake is a great distribution and I hope it stays around.I believe an open source project should be a lean machine.I think Mandrake needs to take inventory and trim the fat.Focus on what they do best.Long Live Mandrake. Mike -- http://micronuke.tripod.com/
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