RE: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

[Tom Harris]

i think the letter from employer is probably an automaticly added signature that the company puts on themselves.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dimitris Ioannou
Sent: 12 March 2002 10:49
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake's financial situation

Hello to you Richard

From what I have read visiting Mandrakes home page I understand that they really are in trouble so I hurried and subscribe myself to the Mandrake Users Club and intending to buy the new 8.2 Release to support them more.They face, I think, the dilemma of cutting out personnel in order to cut their expenses which are by far bigger than their revenues. It goes without saying, that this will affect the development of their future releases. I think everyone should support an excellent OS like LM since everyone benefits from the use of it, or it's existence, whatever you prefer. After all, the cost (60USD per year is too little compared to what one should pay when using M$ XP for instance.

Regards

Dimitris

P.S. Question: I really didn't understand what the letter of your employer that you are enclosing is about.Why did he sent you this and what is this has to do with Mandrake's need for money? Forgive me if I, sometimes, am slowminded and don't understand some things.

  Ο/Η "Barran, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> έγραψε:

Morning all,

I've received a very interesting "Mandrake Community Newsletter" this
morning. I'm including here the two most relevant paragraphs:

"
Even though all of us here at MandrakeSoft are excited about the
upcoming release, we've also been distracted by financial concerns.
Despite continuous good reviews in the press; despite having millions
of users throughout the world; despite producing an award-winning Linux
distribution that is a solid competitor to both UNIX and Window$, the
Mandrake Linux distribution's short-term future is in jeopardy due to a
simple factor: money.

As a company, we make our revenue by selling packaged versions of the
distribution and by delivering services such as consulting, training,
etc. -- but our development costs and community-based services are not
yet covered by income. It is estimated that! we will "break even" by the
end of 2002, but it is unlikely that MandrakeSoft can remain unchanged
during these next few months without drastically cutting costs unless
additional revenue is generated quickly.
"

The newsletter then goes on to urge people to sign up to Mandrake Club ASAP.
I received a newsletter from the Club yesterday which also hinted at
"financial troubles".
I haven't seen this mentioned yet by anyone on either this list or on the
expert list. Is this a bit of scaremongering or is Mandrake really in dire
straits?


Regards,

Richard

PS Here follows a short message from my employer's legal department...

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