This is very unsettling news, I really would not want Mandrake to go away any time soon. Of all the Linux flavours I have tried this was the one that I could install without a hitch and whose minor flaws I could fix thanks to this mailing-list among other things. I wish there was more overt support to this distribution as I really think it is work using as a Windows substitute.
The only way this OS is going to gain more support is by having applications that install painlessly all the time, that don't use gzip or tar to unpack them but have proper self-executing installers instead. That the Linux Configuration Centre is streamlined further to allow computer-users vis-a-vis computer professionals to carry out the neccessary day-to-day tweaking without having to know what's happening beneath.
As for me I am happy with what I've got even though I would welcome any improvements...which brings up other considerations to mind, like how about having periodic self-extracting OS improvement packs that take the hassle out of upgrading (say the KDE interface if a newer one comes out). I'm talking off the top of my head here, but I would really like to see the day when opting to go Linux ALL THE WAY will be really easy and full of possibilities even for those who just USE a computer to play games, read email, write a document and maybe use their webcams to communicate with others over the net.
SUPPORT MANDRAKE, IT'S WORTH IT!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 15 Jan 2003 16:40:53 +1100
To: Mandrake Newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Financial Problems
> On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 13:14, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> > Here we go again. According to this article at The Register:
> > http://212.100.234.54/content/4/28859.html
> > Mandrake _may_ be heading into Chapter 11 or its French equivalent. It is also
> > considering other options including a merger, another go with the venture
> > capitalists, whatever. (Chapter 11, for those not conversant in US legalise,
> > is a form of bankruptcy that allows the company to continue operations under
> > court supervison. The other common form of bankruptcy, Chapter 7, is used
> > when they just turn off the lights and lock the doors, and go home.)
> >
> > Evidently the appeal for additional capital last month was not entirely
> > successful. That's sad, but not entirely unexpected. According to one post I
> > saw at Newsforge, they're still stuck with some ugly contracts left over from
> > the ill-fated e-learning project.
> >
> > Without having looked, I expect that there is already a long Slashdot thread
> > in progress. Duh.
> > -- cmg
>
> I seem to recall that I made a statement concerning this about 1.5
> months ago - that all might not be so well and good in the "Kingdom" as
> it were.
>
> Not to say "I told you so", but well, "I told you so".
>
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