On Wednesday 15 February 2006 06:58 pm, JoeHill wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:53:03 -0500
>
> Bryan Phinney got an infinite number of monkeys to type out:
> > Free servers = limited resources.
> >
> > Limited resources + heavy demand = errors/problems/issues.
>
> Guess you missed the part where Lee mentioned these were *not* free
> mirrors. He paid for the 'privelege' of having access to reliable servers,
> and, as has become more and more the case, Mandriva just does not give a
> shit.
>
> I'll take this opportunity to say goodbye, not that anyone gives a rat's
> ass. The latest versions of this distro are, to put it bluntly, crap.
> Things like my printer, scanner and camera do not work with Mandriva,
> whereas they worked OOTB with 9.2. Things are supposed to improve over time
> with effort. I can only assume that *my* financial contribution went to a
> new mahogany boardroom table instead of a supposedly 'user-friendly'
> distro.
>
> Debian has opened my eyes real wide. No hunting for mirrors, no dependency
> problems, for fuck's sake it's almost boring it's so easy. Let me repeat:
> not a *single problem*.
>
> ...and with Ubuntu making Debian accessible to Newbs, Mandriva can keep on
> its corporate/suits/fuck-the-user attitude and end up like Fedora.
>
> Oh, and they couldn't ask for a better bunch. This list used to be fun and
> useful, when Stephen and Charlie and them were around. Now it just seems
> ill-tempered hypocrites and childish vendettas prevail (to the people who
> have mailed me offlist and supported me in the past, you know who you are
> and you know I love ya!).
>
> All good things must come to an end, watching this thread and experiencing
> the dung-heap that is the latest 'release' are the end for me.
Don't hold back tell us how you *really* feel
>
> See y'all.
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