On Saturday 08 November 2003 06:25 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Saturday 08 November 2003 02:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > 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. > > Greg: > Evidently HiMandrake _does_ have some sort of an arrangement with > Mandrake. See the November 5 post by fbhancilhon (AKA Francois -- > IIRC, he is Mandrake's marketing HMFIC). It's partway down this page: > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&; >file=viewtopic&topic=13891&forum=12&start=0 > > Let me see if I've got this straight: > 1. Mandrake invented the Mandrake Club two years ago as a way of > resolving its cash problems. > 2. In order to increase Club membership, Mandrake recently sweetened > the pot by allowing only Club members to download 9.2 for the first > few weeks after release. > 3. Mandrake's distributor (HiMandrake) gets the Club-only files, > burns some CD's, and offers them on e-bay _before_ the ISO's are > available to man + dog. Sorta defeats the Club exclusivity feature, > doesn't it? > 4. The same distributor also shuts down anyone else who tries the > same scam^H^H^H^Hdeal, claiming to have exclusive rights. > 5. Mandrake's marketing guy says, "No big deal." > Huh? Cash poor companies have done dumber things > > -- cmg
-- PK
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