On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 13:14, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Here we go again. According to this article at The Register: > http://212.100.234.54/content/4/28859.html > Mandrake _may_ be heading into Chapter 11 or its French equivalent. It is also > considering other options including a merger, another go with the venture > capitalists, whatever. (Chapter 11, for those not conversant in US legalise, > is a form of bankruptcy that allows the company to continue operations under > court supervison. The other common form of bankruptcy, Chapter 7, is used > when they just turn off the lights and lock the doors, and go home.) > > Evidently the appeal for additional capital last month was not entirely > successful. That's sad, but not entirely unexpected. According to one post I > saw at Newsforge, they're still stuck with some ugly contracts left over from > the ill-fated e-learning project. > > Without having looked, I expect that there is already a long Slashdot thread > in progress. Duh. > -- cmg
I seem to recall that I made a statement concerning this about 1.5 months ago - that all might not be so well and good in the "Kingdom" as it were. Not to say "I told you so", but well, "I told you so". -- Wed Jan 15 16:35:00 EST 2003 4:35pm up 1 day, 8:16, 4 users, load average: 0.12, 0.13, 0.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ "The Avis WIZARD decides if you get to drive a car. Your head won't touch the pillow of a Sheraton unless their computer says it's okay." -- Arthur Miller
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