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Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again
An anonymous reader writes "It seems that MandrakeSoft's short-term financial problem is worse than was thought. A new page on the Mandrake web site says: 'Everyone who is concerned with the company's future is encouraged to read and distribute the following message. In order to reach the next release, MandrakeSoft currently needs to raise cash, and quickly complete the Increase of Capital.' Darn, and I thought they were almost over this hump. Looks like a good time to help recruit Mandrake supporters for the Club."
If I wanted Red Hat Linux with some ugly-ass icons, I'd... well I guess I'd make some ugly-ass icons.
My Ass hurts.
Yeah. RedHat's numbers are still in the red and now Mandrake is going tits-up and the message is finally getting through: a company that gives away its product for free will never, ever make profit.
The rest of the world has known that for ages (even the Soviet Russians realized it 10 years ago), but for some reason the madness of one Richard M. Stallman still clouds the minds of some people.
1. Give your product away.
2. ???
3. Profit!!
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MURDER MYSTERY: DR LAURA'S MOTHER LAY DEAD FOR MONTHS IN APARTMENT
A gruesome scene has unfolded on North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills where Dr. Laura Schlessinger's mother has been found dead -- with the body going undiscovered for months!
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Yolanda Schlessinger, 77, died all alone in her apartment months ago, authorities now believe.
Concern was not raised until a neighbor realized Schlessinger's pet bird was no longer singing!
Police went into the house and found a woman who had been dead "a substantial amount of time."
Lt. Gary Gilmond of the Beverly Hills Police Department said an autopsy disclosed the woman was murdered.
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Radio sensation Dr. Laura released a statement: "I am horrified by the tragic circumstances of my mother's death, and so sad to learn that she died as she chose to live--alone and isolated. My mother shut all her family out of her life over the years, though we made several futile attempts to stay connected. May God rest her soul."
Developing...
If the business isn't credit-worthy to established main-stream sources of credit ("can you say "bank"? I knew you could!") then the handwriting has been on the wall for some time. Like, since the last time we went through this begging to "save me, save me, help!!!.
On the other hand, they just put out a bug-ridden piece of shit version 9.0. Yeah, that piece of garbage really makes me want to invest... in Red Hat!
FSF? What software have they released lately?
We need to support software which actually matters and Mandrake is the only real desktop distribution thats for the community.
Lycoris and Lindows are both horrible sellout distros which arent really linux.
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
If Mandrake were to stay alive they should have beaten red hat to this sort of thing, and come out with some useful stuff, besides an installer that is needlessly graphical.
Mandrake never beats Red Hat to anything. Mandrake follows, and I bet that Mandrake 10 (if they are around) has a unified desktop. Mandrake has yet to innovate their way out of anything.
However, I would say that it is still the best intro Distro, and should be sold as such, maybe bundled with a computer?/I.
Mandrake or Red Hat, yes. Not so much as an intro either, but as a standard "This Works" distro. I've had some issues with Mandrake (Just started using it) but Red Hat is great for "install it and it's standard" which is what people really need. Development departments and intro users don't want to worry about inconsistent settings.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
Then why did he accuse me of trolling? My two preferences for Linux distros was listed above, and he said "Please don't tell me people like you actually exist" -- Maybe I did misinterpret, but that sounds pretty elitist ("Red Hat and Mandrake are for intro newbies, they aren't real distros" would not be an unexpected retort)
Why I would pay for Red Hat instead of Mandrake:
I have always had at least one box with Red Hat installed since I started. Mandrake, I've used 7 and 9. 7 sucked, 9 is better but the reason why my two primary machines are not running RH is because Mandrake 9 is adequate and I already took the time to configure how I like it. After that, I don't care if what it's running. Only updates and install is what I care about.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
Go fuck yourself you cheapskate sunuvabitch
The URL of the article is http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/future.php3
They're just doomed with such an approach.
I'll help you out. I am neither male nor skanky, and I'm horny as hell. Call me at (216) 321-3546 sometime.
;-)
Esther Sassaman
2776 Hampshire Blvd #B1
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106
Talk to you soon!