On Monday 08 March 2004 11:31 am, Olivier Esser wrote:
> As I have said, I've find vendors with google (just enter
> mandrake linux community as a search term) who sell the 10.0
> community CDs for about 4$. It is perfectly their right to do
> this since the Cds are GPL. It is in this way that I find the
> attitude of Mandrake a little stupid.
>
> Olivier Esser
That's a little harsh, and reveals _your_unawareness_ of
Mandrake mirrors (ftp downloads). Mandrake has no mirrors. Those
sites that do so, do it out of charity. The donated bandwidth is
expensive. That's the main reason Mandrake long ago switched to
providing iso's thru p2p, ie, bittorrent. To spare the mirrors
which are essential for Mandrake development and for regular
users to get updates.
The problem is _unaware_USERS_ that refuse to read bittorrent
documentation, FAQ's, and take suggestions (the archives of the
Mandrake list's). Also, maybe even worse is _greedy_USERS_ who
get their iso's from the torrent and then refuse to stay online
uploading to others. Currently those tryin to d/l outnumber
those willing to remain as uploaders, by over 3 to 1.
http://torrent.mandrakesoft.com:6969/
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