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Mandrake Asks for Support
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."
I love all the trolling the AC cocksuckers are doing with this one. Let's see..I wonder what IP block (Redmond) they are originating from? IF you read it, you will see that they are on track to actually make money this year. I for one have indeed contributed the paltry $60 USD for what I consider a great Linux distro. Compare that to the $299 that Uncle Billy will be taking out on your sorry asses, you M$ apologist. Oh wait, you guys can d/l that for free from the warez groups. Nevermind.
"Klaatu, verada, necktie!" -Ash
What has Mandrake gave to me?
What has Mandrake gave to the community?
I don't mean to seam selfish here, but why should we donate to this company when there are many other ones that could use our support, eg: http://www.eff.org/support/
What reason is there for me to donate? More people for me to answer questions for on how to "hlp nstal aol" and "does asp run on linux"
I know I'm coming off a little bithcy, but bare with me. I'm sure a lot of you feel the same way here.
I'm a big retard who forgot to log out of Slashdot on Mike's computer! LOOK AT ME.
Breaking even in the .com world means that you are actually MAKING money, assmunch. Nobody ever said anything about buyin stock in this company. Paying for a distribution that is actually worth it benefits everyone. Including your sorry ass, trollboy.
"Klaatu, verada, necktie!" -Ash
You know this publicly-traded company is screwed when stoops to begging for donations to stay afloat! It's not like these guys are a bunch of hackers banging out code in their spare time, this is a corporation that should have the financial smarts to keep a few months of cash in reserve. Hey, I like Mandrake as much as the next guy, but it's obvious that their programmers are FAR more talent than their accounting and PR staff.
I wonder what their few remaining stockholders think of this obvious mis-management of funding? I'd bail out now, before this company becomes nothing more than a headline on fuckedcompany.com.
Why wouldn't you donate to KDE/Gnome directly?
Heck, I think buying corporate development licenses from qt (kde) and donating GTK (Gnome!) would be a better alternative.
I just don't see anything that mandrake has done for the community, people should donate money for kernel.org's bandwidth, osdn, but Mandrake? What about redhat (which mandrake was earlier based from, "redhat with kde" as some say).
This is probably going to come off as another Troll moderation, I'm speaking my mind of how I feel, and why I am not going to donate money to Mandrake.
I'm a big retard who forgot to log out of Slashdot on Mike's computer! LOOK AT ME.