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Interview with Mandrake's Head Honchos

Posted by Hemos on from the talking-with-the-men dept.

Shipud writes "Newsforge has an interview with MandrakeSoft CEO François Bancilhon, and Mandrakelinux co-founders Jacques Le Marois and Gaël Duval. Among the issues discussed are a the business model for a GPL-based public company, Mandrakesoft's shares, the role of user subscription in funding, the bankruptcy, Xfree 4.4's new non-GPL license, and more."

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  1. Re:courtesy of LinuxWorld... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    wasn't there also a /. thread about good tech interview available as sound files?

  2. They're french? by Irvu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, you know what that means, that means we can't allow this so called "Mandrake" software to be used in the U.S. Nor any other Linux distro that might have "Parisian leanings". We should follow the lead of the Congressional Lunchroom and ban the use of all francophile software in the U.S. of A.

    From now on all linux users will be forced to switch to Microsoft's FreedomOS! which does most, ok some of the things that other stuff does but without all the pacifism.

    Microsoft's FreedomOS, yours for on $799 and up.
    Because the best way to guarantee freedom is to take away your choices.

    1. Re:They're french? by yamla · · Score: 5, Funny
      France was opposed to the US invasion of Iraq, and since then, they have been declared "unamerican".


      Strangely enough, the only people in the world who think this is an insult are Americans.
      --

      Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
    2. Re:They're french? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      > Historical attraction of American women to foreign men.

      America, the only place in the world where my gut doesn't stand in the way of getting pussy (for free). Thank you BritSpeak!

      ps: I love Linux.

  3. They're French?! by code_monkey_steve · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does that mean we need to rename Mandrake to "Freedom Linux"?