On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 07:14, Anne Wilson wrote: > I have noticed that compulsive knee-jerks are a common phenomenon in > certain sections of the linux community <g> > > Anne
coming in late in the thread (missed a few) I've noticed a lot of knee-jerk reactions elsewhere on this as well, but I think a good percentage are people (like me) who fear a "slippery slope" kind of situation: today: "We'll only include our partners and only in the install etc..." with 9.3 (or 4 or 5): "the download version will include random popups and mandatory product activation..." Personally, I think Mandrake 1) has a right to make some money, keeping it going financially is a GOOD THING (tm) 2) They've always tried to do the right (ie: ethical) thing so far (AFAIK) so I have high confidence that this move will not corrupt them. I'm basically on a wait-and-see mode. So far, the adverts don't affect me at all (I don't sit by the install and I remove the screensaver and bookmarks and I change to my own start page). If it does get worse, then I'm CERTAIN the backlash will rein Mandrake in because I won't be the only one screaming :) Besides, the great thing about linux is that there's no vendor lock-in, Mandrake is my favorite distro but there's nothing stopping me from switching if I have to. -- Frank Cote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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