Hi Vincent,
And I thank you for that, James. The issue at this instant in time, if we could freeze on today, is not new users; it's existing users that aren't doing their part (freeloaders if you will). Mandrake Linux is perhaps one of the most popular Linux distributions out there, but you'd never know it in terms of money. One of out greatest strengths and, inevitably, our greatest weaknesses, is allowing the entire distro to be downloaded for nothing. Don't tell me that people out there don't take advantage of this and continue to download ISOs and use Mandrake all over the place without contributing a dime. These are the same people who will whine and complain if Mandrake ceases to exist, or who currently scream and yell if something doesn't work to their liking.I noticed this issue, it is confounded by the fact that mdkstore
I don't know. Maybe we need to go with SuSE's model and allow a one ISO demo a few months after release to prevent people from doing this. Then again, who wants to see Mandrake become another SuSE? I think the fact that Mandrake does this is, again, it's greatest strength and I'd hate to see that change as I think it would change the entire philosophy of the company. So is that really an option? I hope not.
releases are upto 1 month after the free (as in beer) downloads that I
often have to take (even though i have an order in the post).
Others might just not bother with the purchase of a box set if they
download it, i've downloaded ISO's for several releases.
If mdk can either speed up the release of cds in the shop or delay the ISO download release they can make 20% more cash I am sure.
Please pass on my ideas
Regards and happy new year
JG
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