Hi, On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 10:55 -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 19:33 +0200, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > > > yes, this is right too. But then let's just consider the monetary > > interest of everybody in that story, and certainly, M.Shuttleworth is > > not disinterested in all this himself. (Of course, being interested in > > that way is not a crime, so what I'm saying should be interpreted in a > > bad way). > > To be honest, I took Shuttleworth's interest for granted and assumed > everyone else did, too. I just wanted to remind everyone that none of > the commentary is disinterested. > > Nothing sinister in that -- I just thought it needed mentioning. Okay, thanks ... :-) > > > > Also, while I haven't talked with him on the subject, from some of the > > > comments he's made publicly, I suspect that he's hoping that someone > > > will buy out Progeny. > > > > I thought Progeny was now cash-flow positive...? > > Being profitable and being for sale aren't incompatible. Owners of > successful companies don't necessarily want to keep running the company > all their lives.
oh, to be sure, yes, but it must have been some kind of personal victory for him, so he could have been in a totally different state of mind, unless he realized he would never really make something out of Progeny. > > My suspicion is based on the fact that Ian has made otherwise strange > public comments that Mandriva should convert to Debian to become > competitive against Red Hat. He seems to have volunteered these comments > without any other suggestion that Mandriva would do such a thing. In the > same article, he suggests that Mandriva should continue its acquisition > of small distros, and ducks the question of whether Progeny would be > receptive to an offer. I can't speak for Mandriva, but having worked there and still having some friends there, I can tell you that the folks over here do not give a damn about Progeny... > > I could be wrong, but I believe that the technical term for such > comments is "fishing." > > See: > > http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/newss/5900/1/ Heh, you got that one right. In any case, the unfolding of the next events to come in the world of linux distros is going to be pretty interesting! Thanks, Charles.
