On Sunday 14 Sep 2003 1:21 pm, Frank Cote wrote: > 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> > > > > 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: > Time will tell, on that one.
> 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, not just a right, but an imperative, if they are to stay in business > 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. > Exactly. They will do what they must, but they will fight long and hard to keep to their ideals, if their track record is anything to go by. > 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. Wait and see is the only sensible thing to do. I can't believe the doomsayers are right, but if they are, there are always the other options... Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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