On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 13:39, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Sun Sep 21, 2003 at 02:48:55PM -0400, HaywireMac wrote: > > > Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > > > That none of these critics and dreamers has yet provided the world > > > with a comparable, > > > more profitable linux distribution suggests that, notwithstanding the > > > possibilities of a million monkeys typing on a million keyboards for a > > > million years, these lists are not the likely source of the proper > > > tough decisions Mandrake must make in order to continue in the > > > challenging, sometimes hostile, unpredictable corporate environment. > > > > well, us chattering monkeys should just keep our mouths shut, eh, ralphy > > boy? > > > > LOL! > > > > anyway, go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut, ya snot-nosed > > bitch, if the sound of those typewriters in keeping you awake, go hide > > under a rock and us lowly end-users will try to keep it down a bit. > > This isn't usenet. The above comments are not appropriate for this forum. > You may disagree with what he had to say, and that's fine, but to use that > language is entirely unacceptable. > > Do not do it again.
Saying shutup was I admit unbecoming. Sorry. within 2 weeks I will be losing house car, internet etc etc. Yet I'm sitting here running multiple boxes with MDK and every single one of them is running Mandrake that is bought and paid for, and bought and paid for, for that box. So to say the least I resent the implications that I or any one else is not doing enough for Mandrake. This is one of the reasons I won't be running 9.2. I can't afford it. Is MDK shooting itself in the foot. Quite often ..... yes. If they weren't they wouldn't have gotten into the mess they are in, in the first place. Some of the responsible parties are gone. Some are not. Granted they aren't as brilliant as SCO or Verisign. But they have made some monumental blunders over the last 6 years. They have also made some tremendously good moves. However one thing I've noticed in every nuance of this thread. People are complaining about not having enough access to BUY Mandrake. Not that they have to, but that they can't, or that if they can it's an extreme hassle. I'm reminded of a story my father told about one day about 11am he began to wonder why they hadn't seen a customer for about an hour. Since it was an extremly hot day most of the sales people where not hanging out close to the front windows, rather further back into the store where the air conditioning was working better. Turns out the reason was simple. The "gate" (pull down style) had malfunctioned and came crashing down making it look like the store was closed. The moral of the story is. In order to sell a product the doors need to be open to customers. James
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