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Mandrake News

Posted by michael on from the putting-along dept.

DCowern writes "Mandrake yesterday released their FY2001-2002 earnings and I'm glad to say it's looking real good for them. They've cut operating costs by 42% and increased revenues by 31%. They're still not quite in the black yet but they're expecting to break even month-to-month beginning in February. The full report is here. In other news, Mandrake announced two new programs yesterday. The first is Multi Network Firewall, which looks like an extremely nice package for running small to medium-sized networks. The second program, and my favorite, is their "OS refugee" offer."

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  1. Record breaking bandwidth.. by PFAK · · Score: 5, Funny

    bankrupts MandrakeSoft after slashdot, a OSDN news site posts a link to MandrakeSoft causing excessive bandwidth usage and financial loss.

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    Free means no restrictions, ironic the FSF's GPL forces restrictions, isn't it? What's your definition of free?
  2. OS Refugees.... by tgrotvedt · · Score: 5, Funny

    After my brief stint recently with a friend's laptop running Win ME (no memory management just like 98), I think I'd prefer the term "asylum seeker".

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    What makes a man want to be a mouse? (Python's Flying Circus)
  3. Cost by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 4, Funny


    Who would pay $30 for Linux when you can download Windows XP for free?

  4. Thankfully not mature by A+non+moose+cow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pulled my Mandrake from my shelf and it started wailing such a shrill scream that I almost passed out. The mature distro surely would have killed me.

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