The CEO of MandrakeSoft, Jacques Le Marois, recently submitted an article, titled "Our Mandrake Club makes business sense" to Newsforge, apparently in response to recent allegations by Newsforge (contrary btw to the perception that they actually "champion" the open source philosophy) that the Mandrake Club is a beg for money rather than a legitimate subscription service. If you'd like to set them and the other FUD commenters straight before the article goes off the front page, here's the link:
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/04/05/0021253.shtml?tid=3 You can post comments or responses to comments to Mr Marois's article at that address. It's likely your words could swing some folk's opinions to the positive, since lurkers abound at that place. I'm worried that the negative comments or press will badly impact subscriptions to the Mandrake Club, which will be an extremely "bad thing" (tm). I'm starting to get a little peeved and suspicious of Newsforge with regard to who exactly are they serving and where their reporters are exactly getting paid from. (under the table or otherwise.) MandrakeSoft has taken some really uncalled for hits over there, and that place is considered by many to be a bastion and fort for open source. Instead, they don't seem to be pushing support at all; rather, the opposite seems to be happening. This from an Open Source publication! I can see where journalists could be bought off from within the open source world. Not like it hasn't already happened in the big three networks. Anyways, heads up. Cheers, LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5 Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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