On Fri September 12 2003 6:33 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 12 September 2003 11:33, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > Let's see if I understand this. Mdk sells advertising for megabucks > > to companies who want to reach mdk users. > > > > Mdk users simply avoid gui install and avoid adverts. > > > > What a nice day. > > Lee > > I wouldn't call these prices megabucks, certainly not in the adds business. > I do suppose it's a way of getting a few bucks back from the > freeloaders.....you know: > > Get your ad-free download version at mandrake club or buy a boxed version. > Anyway no-one can stop you clearing the adds out after the install....it's > GPL:o) > I think it's acceptable, only that they're way too cheap.
I'm happy to see them get some bucks for letting me and many others use a free copy of Mandrake. Yes, I could switch to Debian, but I like the Mandrake philosophy. I'll pay when I buy the box, till then they get some cash flow. Economics still requires cash to be economical. regards, Richard.
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