Exactly. If Mandrake needs to charge more to make a profit, then let them do so.
-JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: vnc . [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 5:31 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [expert] Extras in the DVD release | | |On Saturday 24 November 2001 14:17, you wrote: | |>As it is, sorry Civilme, Mandrake's marketing people don't "get it". | |The same was with 8.0 Prosuite edition citing 2 updates in the |life cycle of |the product (8.1 ...8.2). My companies purchase was based on |the though |(lead by the web site's statment) that when 8.1 was released, |there would be |a full update. Not a single CD which only updated X, some |wizards etc. Not a |full upgrade. The response from MandrakeSoft was..."a full updrade to |include things like kernel would "pull" the whole 8.1 release |which is not |feasable" ...their words not mine. | |Our intention was to seriously review mandrake for some |machines we were |moving to linux from windows. Mandrake was considered after |that event to be |not the type of organization my company was willing to go |with, and the |decision was made to put the workstations to RedHat 7.2. |Todate, 97 of the |150 targetted machines have been flipped to rh. Incidentaly, |as a point of |"salt in the wound", My company is purchasing each machine as |full pack + |support contracts. It's thier way of giving back to the |community. 150*69 US |= ??? ...some nice profit I'd bet. | |Once again, as the people speak. There is some misrepresentation by |MandrakeSoft thats going to eventualy cost them a place in the |distro world. |
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