Re: [Cooker] Sad state of pre-releasing to consumers

[Mandrake Bugs]

on 10/29/00 4:51 AM, Gary Lawrence Murphy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> keep in mind that the WalMart version is packaged by MacMillan and
> is not packaged by Mandrakesoft.  Anyone is free to download Mandrake
> from the Cooker and put it on shelves at any time, and if MCP chose
> to do so before 7.2 was actually released, then it's their mistake
> not ours.

Keep in mind that McMillan and MandrakeSoft have an agreement, thus any
pre-release that gets package did so with the full knowledge and support of
MandrakeSoft. This is echoed by some of the MandrakeGuys on this list
confirmed the tight schedule to ship to WalMart.

Essentially, they are doing what MS does ...

Harry