On Friday 13 February 2004 10:54, Anne Wilson wrote:There have been big discussions elsewhere about this issue, and the general consensus is that:
Take the free download edition for now, then, and don't feel bad about
it. The time will come when you can buy. Meanwhile, do your
repayment by spreading the word about Mandrake and by offering any of
your experiences that may help others.
I agree with Anne there.
The best you could is download the the free version scour the web (rpmfind and cooker) for the extra needed packages and spread the word ... or better still: Spread a few CD copies:)
- MandrakeSoft is based in a relatively expensive location (France) so, by the very fact of being there, has relatively large expenses and has to charge "French-style" prices;
- those who can afford to pay those charges (a lot less than Microsoft or Apple!) should do so;
- those who cannot should not feel ashamed but should spread the "download versions" far and wide.
The whole issue of differential pricing has never been tackled to any extent; I suspect that it is a hard problem. If it is not possible to buy anything priced in foreign currency from Romania, there must be a thousand similar peculiarities and it will take a long time to reform the world banking system ;)
Alastair
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