On Tuesday 25 February 2003 03:25 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 12:12, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 7:43 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > The bottom line is that if you use the LM distros and you have the > > > extra jack, which amounts to the cost of a magazine subscription, then > > > you should be sending that money to the Mandrake club or getting a > > > boxed set from Mandrakesoft. That's only the right thing to do. This > > > should be punctuated with the realization that the survival of the > > > company, the paychecks of the development teams, the other employee's > > > paychecks and the quality of life of their families are all at stake. > > > In other words a little compassion and a magazine subscription will go > > > a long way, not just for you truly but also for the future of everybody > > > else involved. > > > > LX - I have read your views on this before, and I do agree with them. Am > > I right in thinking, though, that it benefits MandrakeSoft more if I use > > downloads and use the savings on the club? Last time I bought a boxed > > set, but if this is so I will use the downloads and go for an upgraded > > club membership. > > More cash goes to Mandrake more quickly if you buy the membership. Box > sets are eaten into by the distributor, shipping company, production > company... The flipside is of course that un-purchased box sets are a > tremendous waste of everyone's resources. Personally I use downloads and > buy a club membership, hoping that MandrakeSoft can accurately gauge > demand for box sets. I noticed my local (Charlotte NC) CompUSA is still stocking Mandrake 8.2 powerpacks.
I always download (via modem, takes weeks, but thank you, d4x) the "final" version, and I pre-order from the Mandrake Store a box set too, since all the "joys and toys" of the boxed set are not included in the download. I also have a silver membership, and if i compare what I get with that, to the purchase of 1 legal copy of M$ anything win9x or better, and the purchase of a legal copy of the current M$ office suite, I am still ahead by 50%. and who in their right mind would want to buy anything M$ these days?
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