On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 00:10, Lanman wrote: > On 12/6/2003 at 11:54 PM KS wrote: > > >Been watching for a few years, but have never been willing to > subject > >myself to a public stoning. > >I've been checking out Debian and its lists, it seems to be more > >friendly. Mandrake, while being a good distro has started to turn > me > >off with their actions before I was willing to get a "CLUB" > >membership,...too bad. :-( > > > >Lanman said the following, On 06/12/2003 11:41 PM: > > > > >Another Canadian on the list eh? Welcome to the fray! Of course, > if > > >you've been here a long time > > >already please disregard this emai. But still nice to see > another > > >Canuck on board ! > > > > > >Lanman > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > Actually, you get used to it after a while. Helps to clear up the > bad blood, and you get to practice > your dodging techniques ! Grin ! As for Mandrake, I know for a fact > that they've been going through a > lot of changes in recent years, so try to be patient. They've got > to get their house in order before they > can improve on customer relations. Not a perfect solution, but > they're trying. > > Lanman >
I agree, Lanman. I have had problems with the decisions that were made with rpmdrake, but I've put those differences aside in view of the whole distro. I think Mandrake is the best desktop solution available for Linux. What's more, Red Hat seems to be sliding out of the desktop picture, wether voluntarily or involuntarily. This gives Mandrake quite a breather for more business; an unusual lucky break. It's about time; Mandrake has needed some kind of lucky break for some time now. I view the events at Red Hat as a prime opportunity for Mandrake to grab customers and new Club members. The problem with Red Hat historically is that they have not been willing to go in the direction of very innovative new business solutions that *embrace* the needs of the desktop users rather than ignore them. Like the Mandrake Club idea by Deno, for instance. That's why I think there has been a loss of market share from Red Hat to Mandrake. MDK employees and developers are responsive and concerned about their users; and it shows. Where Mandrake will possibly go wrong is if they continue to make unilateral elitist decisions concerning their GUI *without* consulting or polling Mandrake club members beforehand. Generally speaking, however, Mandrake is the most user inclusive distribution available today. There is no distro that keeps up with current trends, user needs, or user comments and requests like MDK; they have no peer in this regard. Take a look at SUSE linux, for instance. You cannot even get an ISO download of that distro for free, in order to try it out. At least I could not, from the SUSE website. So before anyone contemplates a move to something else, they should take a hard look at everything else. From what I see, Mandrake has no peers. LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "Filter That, Bitch!" --Lanman, MDK Newbie List ������������������������������������������������
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