On Tuesday 15 October 2002 09:12 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Tuesday 15 October 2002 03:06 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 October 2002 19:51, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 15 Oct 2002 5:51 pm, you wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 15 October 2002 12:19 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > > > >>>>> snipped stuff about when/if boxed sets will arrive > > > > I've thought and supposed on the same lines and fact is that I feel it's > > inapropiate to be kept totally in the the dark, this way. > > I agree. It would be nice to get an e-mail/notice on the LM > homepage/whatever about when to expect the boxed sets. However, my > experience has been that it gets here just about when they said that it > would, so I'm not worried. Yet. Mandrake does a helluva good job on The > Really Important > Matters, but its customer relations could stand some improvement. Maybe > once their cash flow improves.... > > > The boxed version dropping on my doormat tomorrow wouldn't change that > > feeling. > > Given that your doorstep is a canal barge, I understand your concern. ;^) > > Harm, try looking at it this way: When we do get our boxes, those of us > who've chosen to go the boxed set route will have a better idea as to the > challenges that lay ahead. Not having high speed access isn't all bad. We > don't have to mess with md5sums, burning CD's, humongeous downloads, etc. > For me, that's a fair exchange. ymmv > > > I hope somebody at Mandrake takes the hint and realizes one sometimes has > > to throw a bone into the pack to keep it happy and make it feel useful. > > > > Harm. > > -- cmg I have unlimited dialup, and have managed to download all 3 iso and am enjoying 9.0, but still waiting for my advanced purchase to arrive too, and I have to admit, I expect it anyday, cause I have preordered 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2, and in each case, just as soon as I get my pants all wound up,,,, it gets here.
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