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MandrakeSoft Publishes Support Policy

Posted by michael on from the red-hat-takes-arrow-in-the-back dept.

joestar writes "MandrakeSoft has posted a statement about its product support policy on its website: 'At a time when some of the established Linux companies are turning away from their Open Source roots and progressively abandoning full-time commitment to Open Source Software, many people have asked MandrakeSoft to clarify its position regarding product-lifetimes and its Open Source development model.' As a result, this interesting reading provides 8 Golden Rules that lead Mandrake Linux development and product support lifetime. This certainly makes MandrakeSoft one of the most 'Open Source' Linux companies, and all Linux companies should maybe think about releasing such a statement."

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  1. Golden rule number 9? by TrekCycling · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We will test a release candidate at least 3 days before releasing it from Cooker.

    Golden rule number 10?

    We will not take a release candidate, not bother to patch existing bugs and then just rename it the release.

  2. Re:Links please?! by RedK · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Of course it's hidden away and hard to find, notice how all the products on that page are EOL, and also, notice how the page is horribly out of date. That's not necesseraly the kind of information you want floating around when you're trying to suck up to the community of RedHat bashers.

    *sigh* and I had good Karma...

    --
    "Not to mention all the idiots who use words like boxen."
    Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM
  3. Re:Free Beer! by dolson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I guess this makes Mandrake a Freedom Distro, right? /me goes back to eating Freedom Fries.