Well said. There are a few minor 'value-adds' to the "Complete" packages that
Macmillan sells but thats about it. I'll leave it at that. oh yeah, we also spell the
name Macmillan. ;-)
Thanks,
Bill
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> Subject: Re: McMillan monopoly [was [newbie] ATTN: ALAN S.]
>
>
> :~>Just checking - have I got this right? Macmillan have exclusive
> :~>rights?
>
> Exclusive rights to Power Packs and similar. GPL-CD-s ala
> cheapbytes are
> just as free as they used to be. OK, maybe i underestimated
> the amount of
> negative energy in the word "monopoly", I will have to explain this
> better.
>
> [disclaimer]
> I am writing this out-of-the-head, so maybe some facts are wrong, but
> since we actually have a McMillan employee at this list, he
> will correct
> me if I got something wrong. .-) I am also in no means
> authorised to write
> this, but I hope noone will mind.
>
> [past]
> In the past, US customers were often confused by having to
> choose two very
> similar packages with MandrakeLinux inside. The worse of all
> war the gaf
> with McMillan-s 6.5 package: If you bought Mandrake 6.1 pack, followed
> with McMillans 6.5 "upgrade" you were quite pissed off,
> right? Well, this
> is going to change now. On the other hand, McMillan was extremely
> successful in selling our distro, which is something we
> really liked, for
> obvious reasons.
>
> [fact in short]
>
> We have a very good partnership with McMillan, but there were some
> problems, so we went and made a new deal with them.
>
> [new deal]
>
> 1) McMillan has exclusive rights to distribute MandrakeLinux
> in USA and
> other english-speaking countries.
> 2) McMillan does not mix in non-english speaking countries
> 3) McMillan does not sell any other distros
> 4) All "McMillan" packages will clearly state that they have
> "Mandrakesoft" product inside.
> 5) Package numbering is the same for McMillan and non-McMillan
> packages.
>
> Probably i forgot something, but these are the most
> interesting points, I
> suppose. As you can see, this deal is far from beeing
> one-sided - from my
> perspective it sounds like a win-win situation, and if both sides show
> good will to solve any future problems in a "fair" way, it
> may end up as
> extremely good deal for both sides. Do not think about it as about
> "McMillans monopoly", think about it as about "Mandrake has outsorced
> sales to a company which has means to push them very hard.",
> and you will
> understand what I think.
>
> cu
> Denis
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