The sourceforge admins should look through the logs and find out at what point, by who, and how their servers were compromised. Post all the information publicly including IP's and let the hacker become the hacke.
Seriously, I couldn't think of a worse group of people to piss off than programmers that have created most of the internet.
Plus like mose Linux users hacking skills are second nature. I've just been looking for an actual reason to use them.
Re:There ARE other ways to support them financiall
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You don't get it. Most Mandrake users are either
1st New to Linux
or
2nd Extremely Lazy (Like me)
The new users are often very experienced Windows users that are trying Linux because they've heard rumers of stability. Mandrake is in a unique position, able to introduce their type of Linux before users are even aware of names like Slackware, Debian, etc...
Mandrake needs to capitolize on the new users excitement. Buy opening doors to incomming developers and users alike.
Market a Mandrake Magazine full of tips, hints, and intros to their new operating system. In the Magazine you can sell other products to users you already know support your platform as well as sell advertising space to a userbase that will probably soon need new products and services.
I can't understand why mandrake is so dense when it comes to marketing a monthly newsletter type offering.
EVERYONE BENIFITS!
Mandrake is NOT! out of money...
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I am a full time user of Mandrake on my home computer. I use it quite simply because it works... Fast and Easy.
If you're like me and use Mandrake you probably know about Mandrake Forum.It is a place where developers and users share their experiences using the product. Over the last 6 months users have been going out of their way trying to find a way to support Mandrakesoft. I probably saw over 30-40 posts asking for some type of at home subscription service users could throw money at. But nothing happened!
What we did receive was a simple donations page where you could dump a few bucks. (Which I Did)
To me this is crazy, users have been asking for subscription baised distributions for a long time. If Mandrake would just put out a magazine that included periodic updates they'd have a userbase they could count and direct market other products. Which would drive up the stock price before the IPO.
Simply stupid, Instead let's fire the Americans give out our shit for free and Piss everyone off.
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Yea I know. But if they didn't cover their tracks... Time to die...
The sourceforge admins should look through the logs and find out at what point, by who, and how their servers were compromised. Post all the information publicly including IP's and let the hacker become the hacke. Seriously, I couldn't think of a worse group of people to piss off than programmers that have created most of the internet. Plus like mose Linux users hacking skills are second nature. I've just been looking for an actual reason to use them.
You don't get it. Most Mandrake users are either
1st New to Linux
or
2nd Extremely Lazy (Like me)
The new users are often very experienced Windows users that are trying Linux because they've heard rumers of stability. Mandrake is in a unique position, able to introduce their type of Linux before users are even aware of names like Slackware, Debian, etc...
Mandrake needs to capitolize on the new users excitement. Buy opening doors to incomming developers and users alike.
Market a Mandrake Magazine full of tips, hints, and intros to their new operating system. In the Magazine you can sell other products to users you already know support your platform as well as sell advertising space to a userbase that will probably soon need new products and services.
I can't understand why mandrake is so dense when it comes to marketing a monthly newsletter type offering.
EVERYONE BENIFITS!
I am a full time user of Mandrake on my home computer. I use it quite simply because it works... Fast and Easy.
If you're like me and use Mandrake you probably know about Mandrake Forum.It is a place where developers and users share their experiences using the product. Over the last 6 months users have been going out of their way trying to find a way to support Mandrakesoft. I probably saw over 30-40 posts asking for some type of at home subscription service users could throw money at. But nothing happened!
What we did receive was a simple donations page where you could dump a few bucks. (Which I Did)
To me this is crazy, users have been asking for subscription baised distributions for a long time. If Mandrake would just put out a magazine that included periodic updates they'd have a userbase they could count and direct market other products. Which would drive up the stock price before the IPO.
Simply stupid, Instead let's fire the Americans give out our shit for free and Piss everyone off.