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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. SCO? by drivelikejehu · · Score: 1, Troll

    SCO, are you listening?

  2. Good Info site for Mandrake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    here
    Pretty exaustive resource.

  3. Mandrake announcement translation. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since Mandrake is a French company and the statement might be perceived as french, I ttok the liberty of translating the statement intoo Americanese. In short the statement says:

    Stick that in your ass, Red Hat, and smoke it.

  4. robbIE to publish gnu online dating manual? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    does it ever end? why is too much never enough for some?

  5. AYBABTU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What you say?
    Somebody set us up the bomb.
    All ships take off.
    All your base belong to us.

  6. I tried downloading Mandrake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    but I gave up at the first sign of trouble.

  7. Linus 800 number by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You sanctimonious prick. Linus does offer support. FREE! And via an 800 number to boot. Give him a call: (800) 323-8603

  8. Re:Golden rule number 9? by TrekCycling · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh come on, Mods. Flamebait? Have you used Mandrake? This is true. I love Mandrake. I would love to give them my money. But I can't in good concience when every release is more and more bug-riddled. And often the releases are pushed out with the same ISOs that a couple days before were release candidates.

  9. Boycott French Linux flavors. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Boycott anything and everything French. These shameful variants of the Anglo race were so apologetic for a Known Arab Dictator, they should now suffer the consequences of Supporting Oppression. Show them some economic oppression of your own, deny them any of your hard earned American Dollars. Jingoistic and Pro-American? Think of it as anti-coward. I'm not saying deny your money to non-US concerns, just deny it to France. Maybe one day when these cowardly frogs are wondering where their next baguette is coming from, they will look back to the moment they threw their support behind a tin pot dictator and basically shitted on the idea of people living free from oppression.

  10. Re:Howdy to the GNAA by Vint+Cerf · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe, but at least they're not black.