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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."

2 of 511 comments (clear)

  1. maybe... by LiquidPC · · Score: 1, Redundant

    they could start putting ads in all the programs and require you to subscribe to remove 1/100th of the ads.

  2. A viable business model ??? by Archfeld · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They make a good distro, but if they can't stay financially viable then there are other problems. More power to them

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    errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?