On Thursday 16 January 2003 07:52, you wrote: > On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 21:39, Miark wrote: > > Despite today's date, he doesn't know what's going on with Mandrake's > > bankruptcy. He complains about the low value of boxed Linux-Mandrake, > > and say that Mandrake Club is useless and that votes mean nothing. > > He's suggesting mutiny against Mandrake because it's a for-profit > > organization. > > Not only that, Miark...but more importantly he is suggesting that there > be a fork of the Mandrake distro using of course Mandrake GPL'd distro > packages and code. This is a very dangerous suggestion in the here and > now, when the new Mandrake management team has not even had a chance to > prove itself, it's direction, and it's attitude yet. In short, it seems > premature and very disloyal, no matter what Ben Reser's claims to the > contrary. I think Mandrakesoft should be given time to prove itself > before somebody kicks them when they are down. It is an extremely > poorly timed article which discredits itself with it's timing, no matter > how good the negative points may be. > I read his proposal in a little bit different way. Supporters of Mandrake are currently doing big efforts to keep the company alive but it is true that our money goes to cover old debts, not to develop a new better distro. Ben shows a way to get rid of these old problems without losing our beloved distro. In the bitter end, if Mandrakesoft cannot survive, it will be the _only_ way. We are fortunate. Unlike many other distros Mandrake community is strong enough to have this option. Can it result in a fork? Yes it can. Think how different is our understanding of the same text. Is a fork dangerous? Yes it is. Mandrake community might be strong but splitting into two will weaken it significantly. Therefore timing is vital in taking real action. But being (at least mentally) prepared for that will help.
Wahur
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