Actually the commercial cycle is fairly rapid for Mandrake. Once the final code is set in the testing phase they have to go to production. Printing and pressing CDs in large quantities, getting the components to the fulfillment contractor and packaging, takes more than just a few days. So, Mandrakes policy has been to release the final to the mirrors as soon as the code is locked down and start the manufacturing process at that point. 4 to 6 week lag. Other Software companies experience the same time lag, it just isn't apparent cause they don't release the code for free download. My $.02
Dennis M.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barran, Richard
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:35 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] wondering about 9.0 pre-orders
> >Shame really that Mandrake has not got a grip on the
> commercial side of
> >things. I want them to succeed, yet the delay between 9.0's
> release and its
> >availability on CD is not impressive. I know *I'm* getting frustrated
> >*reading* about 9.0 day after day on this list! :-)
>
> Why wait? Download the iso's and burn them. Voila, you're
> running Mandrake 9. Then you can wait on your boxed version.
>
> Anthony
Not everyone has (or wants) a broadband connection. In fact, I feel quite
safe in saying that only a *small minority* of PCs worldwide are connected
in that way :-) or indeed should ever be; for sending emails and occasional
browsing a 56k connection is plenty enough!
Richard
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