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Mandrake Asks for Support

Posted by michael on from the give-till-it-hurts dept.

Many people wrote in with this news: "Mandrake Linux today reports having a short-term money crunch. They call for users to become members to help float them through the short-term viability issue. Membership dues are the preferred method over budget/project cuts."

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  1. Re:Why pay for something that you alreadt\y own? by colmore · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You sir, are a retard.

    I promise you that nearly every OS developer who puts in more than 10 hours a week also has a dayjob. They do it for the same reason people do any other hobby. Because they love it. They also happen to have jobs and families.

    A few people have made OS their business, but most can't. Mandrake can live or die. I hope they live, but if not, no biggie. Their contributions won't vanish and the thousands of faithful afternoon coders can continue on.

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