I have to say that I personally like the idea of letting users decide what would make the best distribution but there's a major fault, at least as I see it, with this...
What about people who don't use Linux? Anyone who _pays_ to join Mandrake's club is going to be someone who has already downloaded, tried and almost surely LIKES Mandrake, right?
So all the people who love Mandrake, and therefore probably know Linux reasonably well go and vote for what THEY want on a distribution...
Sounds to me like they're going to end up with a Power User distribution and not necessarily have what a Windows user wants/needs to see in order to get them to switch to using Linux.
Just wondering...
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I have to say that I personally like the idea of letting users decide what would make the best distribution but there's a major fault, at least as I see it, with this... What about people who don't use Linux? Anyone who _pays_ to join Mandrake's club is going to be someone who has already downloaded, tried and almost surely LIKES Mandrake, right? So all the people who love Mandrake, and therefore probably know Linux reasonably well go and vote for what THEY want on a distribution... Sounds to me like they're going to end up with a Power User distribution and not necessarily have what a Windows user wants/needs to see in order to get them to switch to using Linux. Just wondering...