T. Ribbrock schrieb am Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:25:08 +0200: > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 09:40:51AM +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Or whether cutting that tree is really necessary? Without knowing > anything about the guy who cuts the tree, he observer will not be able > to know. Up till now, Mandrake has no track record with me, except for > hearsay.
That's one thing I can understand. So, why don't you read the statements of long-term Mandrake users and go to the website and read the last 3 year's news from Mandrake. They show a lot of Mandrake's commitment to Open Source. It's just one page. Me, I'm a long-term user. I started with version 5.2 (the first) short before 5.3 was released. I know some of the leading people in person and all I can say is: knowing them assures me that Mandrake will not go down the SuSE/Red Hat/Caldera road. BTW: Caldera can't be counted in on the "non-commercial" companies. A Caldera rep once told me "Caldera does not aim at the individual Linux user. We are strictly corporation orientated." > <sigh> No. That's *not* what I'm saying. Maybe I need to differentiate > more: Mandrake makes one Linux distro, but many products. I've tested > the distro, as packed in the product "9.1 download edition". I liked > what I saw. It's a good distro. So I want to use it. At the same time, > I *do* agree to "fair price for a fair product", so I'm quite willing > to buy the product "standard edition" to get the distro. However, then > Mandrake announced their stance with regard to third-party advertising > in their products. What they announced (forcing third-party ads on > paying customers) is a business practice I do *not* like, no matter > from whom. Hence, I do *not* like the product anymore, even though I > do like the distro, cause I do *not* want to support that type of > business practice. > That leaves only the product "download edition" if I do want the > distro, which is a pity. This makes sense. I don't agree but it makes sense as a reasoning. All you wrote before was a bit distorted compared to this. Or maybe I'm just a simple guy who understands simple reasoning.... wobo
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