On Monday 18 March 2002 20:54, you wrote: > john rigby wrote: > >Hi Sridhar & folks, > >Unfortunately this whole thing is enough for me to almost "rest my case"! > >Mandrake seems to be composed of nice people - Geeks one and all. > >There are certainly no people from the "hard" world there. > > > >This Company doesn't even have the "excuse" that its owners shot through > >with the money and bought a few corporate jets! > >It has actually being trying to make a good product! Like a good > >mouse-trap. It won't happen. It can't win. > >Otherwise it would be at least making a decent wage for its seemingly > >fanatical employees! > > > >All the corporation needs to do is get some marketing nouse in to the > >system. THERE IS NO COMPETITION. > >My friend who sells those monstrocities called Apple told me the other day > >he cannot believe it. He is making money hand over fist from them - and > > they are like Lemmings. They actually *bring* their mothers and sisters > > and Ministers into his shop. > >He has a Network system hidden out the back - because it is running on 25% > >of the cost PC's and Linux -one expensive(!) Apple "terminal"out front to > >show the big world of the Internet................. > > > >Works for some................. this idea of making money as well. > > > >Cheers? > > > >John > > OK enough pontification. > > The fact is that your solution is untenable. The only assets a software > companyy has are its people. The people at Mandrake make the company, > and the fact that they are part of alinux community seems to have > escaped you. > > Do you really expect to pull an apple off a grape vine? Mandrakesoft > would have to be changed down to the roots to make what you suggest > happen, and then without the authors of the tools, they would have to > pick up and go on. > > So start your own company and see if you can find engineers who will > take the -free- Mandrakesoft product and make it closed source. And > best of luck to you. I won't help, and I doubt if you will find a > handful of people associated with the Mandrakesoft effort who will. > > Civileme Never mind about the pontification Civileme. Mr. Rigby appears to be in marketing. That says it all. His mind set is for the masses and that is the same Mindset as M$. Feed them BS and as long as it has a pretty bow on it and has been spayed with Deoderant it will sell like hot cakes. Sorry but I am up past my bed time, hard day at work and tired of hearing Sunday quarterbacks say it can't be done. Needs must tell that to companies like Trane and Carrier who have taken the public domain mathematical formulas of thermodynamics and physics and massaged them, turned them into a very servicable product and made a good living for a lot of people that way. Anyone can access the formulas and chemistry, physics etc of the product, making the product is the trick. And IMHO Mandrakesoft is doing a damned fine job of making a product. The competitors had a head start but Mandrakesoft is closing fast. I have watched it mature since 6.0 and wow is it closing fast. Hang tough MandrakeSoft team. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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