so when is MacMillan 7.1 going to be out ? :-)
philomena
At 09:58 AM 6/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 6:50 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > Dr. Denis Havlik
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