Comments in-line On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 12:09 pm, Franki wrote: > Well, I guess its my turn to have a say... > > I am off the opinion that the club is a shortterm earner at best.. > eventually people will pull out and if there are not new replacements it > will dry up.. there is alot more benefit to mandrake in the club then there > currently is to the users I think. > > having said that, if the make it more worth the while then I will force all > my client that use mandrake pay it for a year.. > > just like I insist all of those using dyndns pay them a 20 dollar donation > at signup... > > but right now, what am I gonna tell them?? you'll get a bunch of demo > software, some nvidia drivers and a few other bits and bobs.. not enough to > convince someone thats going on second hand loyalty (mine). > > They need to think long and hard about what they can offer.. perhaps online > realtime tutorials/training with chatrooms and stuff.. I don't know, but do > some more value adding..
Corporate users, if that's what we're talking about, would be hard to convince at the moment, I agree. But I like the idea that training might be offered. > > As for mandrake going under.. I'll be very sad if they do.. I have bought > powerpacks off them before.. and I was planning on buying 9.1, but if they > go down.. it would take me a week or two to get to the same level using > redhat.. (or gentoo ).. > > I love mandrake for the most part.. and would hate to see them go... but if > they do, I'll probably try to standardise on one of the not-for-profit > distro's like debian... it'd be a pain for a while, but at least its > unlikely to go under.. Why? Not questioning your knowledge - on the contrary, asking why you believe them to be sound. > > In the email to customers,, Mandrake should have made more reference to > what they owe.. when its likely to be over and a more detailed report of > future profitability.. they could have made it sound alot less like begging > for donations. It must be difficult to write an email like that - particularly when it must be in several languages. Anne
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