On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 12:43, et wrote:
> On Saturday 08 November 2003 07:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
> > >
> > > Mega cool
> > >
> > > > ______________________________________________________________________
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> >
> > There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are
> > really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and
> > trying to make it look like they are.  None of there agreements list
> > Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent
> > that they are authorizing all of this.
> >
> > The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the
> > download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake
> > represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and
> > copyrights.  If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is
> > enforcing an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy
> > outfit that is trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.
> >
> > I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the
> > himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every
> > place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy
> > Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake
> > websites.
> and I don't see any notice of them or a news release on any Mandrake site 
> either. hmmmm
> Ain't me.
Come to think about it what are they offering that you cain'can't do
anyway. Except represent yourself as Mandrake
> 
> 
> 
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