Mandrakelinux Releases New Corporate Line

joestar writes "Mandrakelinux' line of products has just been updated with two new products which are dedicated to the corporate world: Mandrakelinux Corporate Server and Mandrakelinux Corporate Desktop for x86 and x86-64 architectures. According to Mandrakesoft, these products focus on reliability and security, and will be maintained for five years. In my opinion, this release really says much about new Mandrakesoft's strategy and business. Press release here."

Comments

False Advertising

[superpulpsicle]

I look at the redhat enterprise series, and there was 5 major updates for Redhat Advanced Server 2.1. Now if the goal was to appeal to the corporate world with a less changing and more stable version, then 5 updates in 1 year clearly contradicts that. That's not even counting Advanced Server 3.0 updates. Let's face it, Mandrake and Redhat. You need CA$H desperately.

Re:False Advertising

[Heftklammerdosierer!]

Well, it is a subscription. Maybe they're afraid managers won't feel like they got their money's worth if there isn't an update every 2 1/2 months.

Re:more mandrake

[dchamp]

There still is a Free Mandrake "Download Edition", and they promise to keep it that way. This announcement is about a version with commercial support and added features. Mandrake is a commercial company, but they're all about the Free as in Free Speech thing.

Too many Mandrakes.

[LazyBoy]

I've been a Mandrake user for several years, but they're getting too tricky for my taste. How many Mandrake lines are there now, some of which differ in download and purchase form?

Today I discovered that my 3-CD 10.1 Official didn't have flex, bison, or rsh-server packages. They're on the 4th CD, which you can't download for free.

Yes, there were many ways to solve this problem. But I consider these standard elements that should be on the CDs. My next upgrade will probably be to a different distro.