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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. How come Linus doesn't offer support? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's pretty hypocritical to bash companies for not offering support, yet when Linus does the same, nobody says shit. Double standard, perhaps?

    One of the big point the OSS zealots like to trot out is the "I can just call up the writer and ask him if I have a problem" party line. Well, where's Linus' number? 10-1 odds if I called him up asking for help, he'd slam the phone down on me. Anyone who thinks other wise is either a 1) naive fool, 2) slobbering OSS syncophant, 3) wanna-be hanger-on poseur, or a 4) liar.

  3. Re:So, in other words... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What kind of moron has moderated this flamebait?

    He is stating that debian rocks. And that you could look into that. There is no flamebait in that.

    Grow up mod

    And no
    Im not one of the posters

  4. Fuck. You. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Please kill yourself, we hate you.

  5. Re:Links please?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are you retarded? RTFA. The goddamn link that you spent "way to damn long" locating was linked to in the fucking article.

  6. 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
  7. Re:Free Beer! by dolson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

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