On Thursday 12 February 2004 15:34, Dobrescu Mihai wrote: > for home use at least... > I would like to support it if I'd afford this (I live > in a country where the price of the average package - > let's say 100euros - is the medium salary - and to buy > it is some kind of alien experience - technically and > as mentality). > In my opinion, a support form the users - of the 98.5% > that do not pay - a support form the users of 5 euros > as a donation wouldn't be a big expense, but a great > support for the company. Take it as suggestion. Don't > you like to reward the people that provided you a > great OS and support? Don't you want to have an OS as > long time you need - I mean to avoid the change of it > because of the company bankruptcy (it was to happen > once last year)?
It's a nice thought but Mandrake is still alive and kicking and after all a commercial organization. It should be able to survive in that commercial form using the tools brought about with that form. If it doesn't; We'll always be able to re-mould it into a non-commercial form in which user donations would fit. Mandrake club was an initiative to fill in the gap between "donations" <-> "payed user support" and did so quite well. A lot of us chipped in there when things looked bad and apparently it helped. You shouldn't feel bad about not being able to cough up amounts like the â100....they are to be seen in the context of first world expenses. Over here (NL) it's the equivalent of 5-6 bottles of whiskey;) So let the stronger financial shoulders bear the burden of the weaker....that's what sharing is about too. Linux is meant for the whole world not just the part that can miss the cash. Welcome to the community, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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