On Friday 12 September 2003 01:40 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > OK, it doesn't sound that bad in the beginning, but this is a dangerous > trend. > Like displaying ads while installing, OK, but will this mean that > usefull messages get less screenspace (ETA, actions, ...) > > I'm also very cautious of big business getting a hold on Linux, this > means it will get ruined and changed by marketing, like most good > things. > I have to tell you, I think that if they are NOT bought by a "big business" they will cease to exist. The model they use will not allow them to survive! So you better hope someone like IBM or something buys them. Let's face it, as linux gains legitimacy, it will go more and more commercial I think. As more and more products become available there will be more and more prices attached. It HAS to. people don't work for free forever.
As far as marketing "ruining them" I think they have made some incredibly bone headed moves in the past. IF they had marketing that really knew what they were doing, maybe less poor decisions would get made and some really good decisions would be made. To be honest, I wished Novell would have partnered with them instead of Suse. Oh well. > Just my thoughts, but if this goes any further, I'm going Gentoo/Debian > or FreeBSD. > > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 09:27, Charlie M. wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > September 12, 2003 01:04 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Ya'll read... Ya'll decide. > > > > > > Conversation is on pclinux. probably best to keep it there. > > > > > > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/partners/advertising > > > > > > http://pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7702 > > > > > > For the discussion please go to the second link... > > > > > > James > > > > 6to5 and pick 'em from what I've seen of that and other discussions. > > > > It bothers me not what they do as long as it keeps the company going. > > I'll keep buying releases, testing cooker at every opportunity, and > > advocate my ass off. I can ignore advertisements; as I do during the > > little time I have to watch the tube. As long as they don't become > > intrusive or start "mining" for personal data I couldn't care less. > > > > If they try that I'm outta here so fast I'll leave a fscking sonic boom. > > > > Charlie > > - -- > > Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org > > Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk > > 01:22:08 up 11:41, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.34, 0.45 > > "Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown!" > > - -- The Ghostbusters > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE/YXVfG11CaRuZZSIRAnvIAJsGMSsCPz2QflK4hfktB+ZGao6D3ACfaGeQ > > INL63+T3/9EwhbPYVZNA6OY= > > =56xH > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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