michael wrote:
>Groovy with me!
>
>Michael Brown wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote:
>>
>>>>>I think what he was talking about was... instead of
>>>>>going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a
>>>>>user/developer owned company with the ability to buy
>>>>>into the company that you are also putting effort
>>>>>into.
>>>>>
>>>>Sounds like a good idea to me. What is the legal status of Mandrake as a
>>>>company? If it's the equivalent of what in the UK is a private limited
>>>>company, then it could offer shares for sale to developers (but not to the
>>>>general public), AFAIK.
>>>>
>>>Now this is sounding intresting....
>>>
>>Is anyone at Mandrake seriously considering this? I don't know any French
>>law, but if the legal status is similar to that of a UK private limited
>>company then Mandrake can offer shares for sale to whoever it wants to on
>>an individual basis, but cannot open them up for sale to the general
>>public. I can't speak for anyone else, but I would be keen to buy a few
>>shares every so often (say $10 a week - $500 a year) and know that I was
>>helping to keep Mandrake alive and at the same time building up an
>>investment (donations aren't quite the same) ready for the time when
>>Mandrake displaces Windows on the majority of desktop PCs(!).
>>
>>Thoughts?
>>
>>Michael
>>
>
Of course we could always get in touch with the executives to find out
some solid possibilities but wait..that's right.. there gone. hehe
Soooo
As far as what michael said about nationalityistical input, I agree. I
am as good a voice from atlanta as any executive manager who uses
windows on his own desktop anyway.
