WindRiver Will Not Keep Slackware

jolan writes: "Patrick Volkerding posted an announcement saying that Wind River is not planning to keep Slackware after the merger." Patrick writes there: "This isn't going to take out Slackware, though. Development continues," and goes on to say "I'm working on setting up a company so we can handle the publishing ourselves. Unfortunately, I'm broke. I can get funding to publish and ship the release to all the subscribers (and anyone else who wants it), but have no money to pay my fellow friends (which sucks) until we make some." Since Slackware has perhaps the most loyal users of any product (just happens to include Linux distributions), and with a new release upcoming, certain reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Maybe we're about to enter a whole new Slackware era.

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Slackware PayPal Account

[Iconoplast]

Due to *lots* of user inquiries and requests, we have set up a PayPal account for the Slackware core team members. It's been set up with the email address of paypal@slackware.com. Any donations recieved there will go straight to supporting the Slackware project - no companies are going to be taking a cut of this.

So if you're looking for a way to help us out, this is a good opportunity. Of course, buying the next release would also be helpful. But for those of you that download it or are just feeling generous, here's your chance. Thanks.

Re:Or not.

[nitehorse]

Hmm...
Did you mention a real upgrade system with dependency checking?

Open mouth, insert foot?

Or not.

[Eric Seppanen]

Maybe we're about to enter a whole new Slackware era.

And maybe Slackware will slowly slide further into irrelevancy because it turns out that sophisticated packaging systems, installers, and the ability to upgrade from one release to the next are all things that people actually want.

Goodbye, karma... (flinches)
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