I was just about to try signing up and then got this email... don't they accept credit cards from Australia????
I bought my 8.1 powerpack about a year or so ago that way, I just assumed the club would work the same way... it doesn't??? rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mcleod, Ian Sent: Friday, 27 December 2002 9:43 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] Increase of Capital for Mandrakesoft too right - I just gave up waiting around for Mandrake to make it easy for them to receive $$$ and just stuck with the download version - because by the time it finally arrives in Australia it's probably out of date anyway. And I never received a reply to my 15 or so emails regarding Mandrake Club and how to pay for it from Australia either. Mandrake really need to try harder if they want to remain financially healthy (indeed I hope they still are!) -----Original Message----- From: J. Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:10 PM To: Vincent Danen Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Increase of Capital for Mandrakesoft Hi Vincent, > And I thank you for that, James. The issue at this instant in time, if > we could freeze on today, is not new users; it's existing users that > aren't doing their part (freeloaders if you will). Mandrake Linux is > perhaps one of the most popular Linux distributions out there, but you'd > never know it in terms of money. One of out greatest strengths and, > inevitably, our greatest weaknesses, is allowing the entire distro to be > downloaded for nothing. Don't tell me that people out there don't take > advantage of this and continue to download ISOs and use Mandrake all > over the place without contributing a dime. These are the same people > who will whine and complain if Mandrake ceases to exist, or who > currently scream and yell if something doesn't work to their liking. > > I don't know. Maybe we need to go with SuSE's model and allow a one ISO > demo a few months after release to prevent people from doing this. > Then again, who wants to see Mandrake become another SuSE? I think the > fact that Mandrake does this is, again, it's greatest strength and I'd > hate to see that change as I think it would change the entire philosophy > of the company. So is that really an option? I hope not. I noticed this issue, it is confounded by the fact that mdkstore releases are upto 1 month after the free (as in beer) downloads that I often have to take (even though i have an order in the post). Others might just not bother with the purchase of a box set if they download it, i've downloaded ISO's for several releases. If mdk can either speed up the release of cds in the shop or delay the ISO download release they can make 20% more cash I am sure. Please pass on my ideas Regards and happy new year JG
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