Linux certainly has some steam. I use Mandrake, and will be sorry to see them go. Actually, it is my 10 year old that like it. I am sure y'all remember her... She is the one who is always upset we aren't rebuilding servers in the meetings. If she wasn't mine, I would not think she was so cute...
I only see two sucessful methods for commercial distributions. One is Redhat. Aimed at Enterprise, staffed by core developers, leading the hurd, OK, herd. Hurd is still a dream for now. But Redhat is out there at the front of the pack with their own product. Mandrake was a work-alike aimed at a niche. No sale. Large scale, people are going to go to the original. If Mandrake pulled any users in, they generally migrated to Redhat. The other is Libranet-like distributions. Small companies, not IP ventures. They are small companies with a loyal follwing with a flat-structure aiming at niche they own. You can migrate from Libranet to Debian, but there isn't a large incentive to do so because the support, new developments, and innovative features are better with the original. No one ever accused Debian of being user-friendly. Libranet provides a saleable service that isn't going away. If they do not fall prey to to the grow to fast, get too big too qucik idea, they should do quite well. Doug Riddle --- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am not too sure about the French laws, but I read that they are > only > reorganizing. I was never too happy with mandrake, though I know a > lot > of people here and also newbies like it. I am sorry to see any > Linux > dist. have hard times though. Although Linux did well before there > were > commercial versions out there, they sure have put some steam behind > the > movement. > > Shannon > > > On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 15:56, Doug Riddle wrote: > > > > Did any one read the articles on Mandrake going bankrupt? I have > read that chapter 11 in France is the end of the road, like a > chapter 13 here. > > > > The herd is getting thinner. > > > > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > Doug Riddle > > http://www.dougriddle.com > > http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > > http://www.libranet.com > > -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; > they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > -- > Shannon Roddy > __________________________________________________________________ > Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy > Calendar/Schedule See Home Page > Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ http://www.libranet.com -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
