On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 04:50:24PM -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > Welcome to the list. <g> I note with considerable interest that this is > the first post by you that I've ever seen, and my mail (in this > incarnation) goes back to 2000. So I'm honored. ;)
I had not been subscribed to this list. But I became aware of the conversation here. Felt I should clarify my position. I'm subscribed to the cooker list and a couple closed/semi-closed Mandrake lists. Between those lists, IRC (I hang out on #mandrake on freenode) and various other things I'm involved in that eats up a lot of my time... > Well....I agree that there should be an increase in value, however it > still remains true that this distro has more value to offer than just > about any other one out there (yeah, I'm going out on a limb again here) > according to Distrowatch. Also according to everything else I've seen > and heard so far. This is something that should definitely not be > ignored when you are considering the pricing of a product. I certainly > don't think that the current situation(s), either with the company or > the quality, suggest that the product should be priced beneath current > levels. At the same time I do agree that downloadable ISO's have an > effect; I'm just not convinced that it is a negative one. Mandrake > would not be in trouble right now if it were not for the e-training debt > crap; hell, they *were* showing a profit. My issue is simply that the value of what you can get for free is too close to what you pay for. Obviously I agree that they have an excellent distro in comparison to other distros. If I didn't I wouldn't care about this distro and I'd be using something different. > It *is* possible for experienced entrepreneurs to make incorrect > determinations or decisions. Take me, for example.... Granted... this is simply a matter of my opinion. It's based upon the information that I have at hand. Additional information of course could always alter my opinion. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion only of her own." -- John Quincy Adams, July 4th, 1821
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