I bought the powerpack , and of the 7 cd's, two are listed as comercial applications,, (haven't had time to look yet.)
so am I to assume that the job lot of them are just demo's?? I figured for the price that mandrake probably had license deals with the vendors that allows them to distribute them at low cost,,, (like $5+ shareware stuff you see all over the internet..) didn't know that it was all demo's,,, that should have been pointed out, in the very least its a possible court case for mandrake if someone chooses to hold them to the software that the packs are said to contain, but don't really. If microsoft said: Office XP included with winXP, and then just included word and excel viewer... people would crucify them.. false advertising is illegal.. I love mandrake, but if they become another company trying microsoft tactics in order to keep the price up for their shareholders, then I will drop them like a hot rock and suggest the same with all the other people I have suggested it to or set it up for... We Want the truth, the Whole Truth and Nothin but the Truth.. and we CAN SO handle it.. :-) rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Expert Sent: Monday, 26 November 2001 2:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Extras in the DVD release Yep, makes me so irate, I could just ------- crack 'em! On Saturday 24 November 2001 01:29 pm, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > Yeap, that's why the Prosuite DVD leaves a bad "taste". > > The source RPM's are included, which is nice, but aside from already > free freebies, the DVD only gives you Mandrakized RPM's for the programs > I listed. > > Yeah it's nice that the RPM's are included for Realplayer, but since > it's a free release, it really should have been packaged in the original > release, etc. > > -JMS > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: Mike & Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > |Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:30 PM > |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |Subject: Re: [expert] Extras in the DVD release > | > | > | > |WHAT????? Why would they package demos on disk and advertise > |it as part > |of the distribution? I specifically commented on this in writing to > |sales and the lack of comment back lead me to believe that they had > |somehow included full versions. Maybe it was a little much to expect, > |but I think that's false advertising. When you look at the comparison > |between the different packages, it's made to sound like you're getting > |something more by buying the bigger packages. The only thing > |this helps > |is a person with a dialup connection - in which case, buying a > |prosuite > |dvd with server software isn't necessary anyway (how are you going to > |run a server on dialup????) > | > |This is the third time I've fallen for this - I'm trying to support > |linux, and feel like I've been ripped off! > | > |Needless to say, I've got a dvd coming in the mail and hearing the all > |the commercial apps are just time-bombed or demos is really > |annoying. Mike
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