On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, civileme uttered these words of wisdom: >Agree, Mike. > >SuSE could have a much bigger market share and Caldera is now >insignificant, SuSE for its closedness, and Caldera for its abysmal >support, proprietary software, and per-seat licensing. > >I am one of the people bit by the cutbacks to keep Mandrake afloat and I >STILL agree that their policy is on track. The idiots (and I can and >will use that word for the lamers whose heads are so wrapped up in >business they can't see five minutes into the future, now that I am not >a Mandrakesoft Employee) who retreat to the "tried and true" business >principles practiced successfully only by monopolies the minute the >going gets a little rough, simply do not understand this market NOR do >they notice where Mandrakesoft's assets are. > >The one thing Mandrake has going for it is a very very small group of >engineers who have designed a marvelous product. Those folk ccould be >making rwice as much somewhere else without the 90-hour weeks they >voluntarily work now. Start charging for the software in the wise of >closed-source or anything hinting of Bill Gates tactics and that asset >will vanish so fast no one will know what happened. The caliber of >people there cannot be held by offers of more money, even if there was >more money to offer them. > >Get a clue! Make it work as free software or watch it die. Quit the >sideline sniping which is unproductive and clueless. > >Civileme
I'm sorry to hear that you were layed off, I haven't been watching the lists that closely lately 'cause we've been moving and looking for work, etc... I would like to thank all those people who are putting in those 90 hour weeks, and also to guys like you and everyone else on these lists for the great work. My hope is that the 'lamers' of which you speak open their eyes and read these posts and consider the way of SuSE and Caldera. I do like the mandrake club and the different levels, the subscriptions, and all that stuff I think that whole thing was a great idea. I hope that that kind of originality continues to prevail. /mike -- Michael Holt Banning, CA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrake.com ============================================================< "AOL for Dummies" is kind of redundant, don't you think?
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