you know Jon, I do remember you, and I bet you do remember me too, but you had filtered out my remarks because I did not give you blanket approval to use my postings in your for your personal profit book. and in fact I suggested you should check into the legalities of coping this list as a book project. I even remember that since i was filtered, you never knew of the fixes for your problems, at least the ones I knew the answer to. Now Jon, here's good news. you can use my postings in the next book, and I do believe that a LOT of folks manage to get mandrake installed and running in a desktop word processor / network termanal and internet appliance with out a sweat. I would have to agree that someone ought to at least understand what different types of cards are in a computer before installing any OS, as a minimum.
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 07:25, you wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dimitris Ioannou > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:26 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Answers to the Geek vs the rest dilemma. > > > Maybe YOU should do 2 things Dimitris: > > 1. Re-read my note > > 2. Re-read your reply. > > ----------------------------------- > > I hope that this poisoned letter of yours comes only because you tried > very hard as a Linux newbie to install and get some things working (apps) > and obviously you didn't succeed in doing so. You will never make it, trust > me. Never, as long as you are carrying in your back and in your mind the M$ > philosophy of get things working. Obtain some, cathedral, as you name it > thinking and then,maybe , things will work out for you. <thrown away> > > P.S. Forgive me if I'm being too arogant but you managed to piss me off, > while I have a lot of work to discover new bugs in KDE 3.0 Beta 2! > > -------------------------------------------- > > I did say: > > Now - don't shoot the messenger! > > I certainly did fail! That was the whole point of the commentary! I have > not found since Redhat 5.1 a SINGLE SOUL who managed to instal a > comprehensively working Linux system who was not a full-fledged Geek. > (Actually it is only heresay even then - I personally have not seen one.) > > Big Bill is the richest man on the planet. Mandrake is sadly facing > bankruptcy. One is logical the other is evangelical. > > Mandrake MUST fail if it persists in its "negative loop". It is insane > that a product is ever given away. The model has never, ever worked. Over a > trillion Dollars in lost investor funds has already shown this and we are > looking at more than that figure again. Most of which was Pension Funds, > Old People's and family savings entrusted to "Institutions". > > Mandrake's salvation is simple. Get some professional enterprise skills > in there. Get some people who know marketing. Start with logic: a product > given away not only has no value to the receiver, it is very expensive to > the donor. > > Mandrake is already a great Value-Adder. The minimum fee for the > geek-downloadable product needs to be $20 to contribute to the maintenance > - not make money - merely help offset costs. > > The Boxed product has made a great start - but who is marketing it, much > less who is buying it............. > > Mandrake needs a Certified Installer program. It needs to spend all it > can out in the street supporting a grass-roots marketing strategy. One > based on a simple fix: > > Buy it Installed and guaranteed working for just $150......or > $250................ > > I repeat: never could it have worked. The numbers - to any experienced > marketer never were there. The second best known product in the Linux > field, with rave reviews has even spent the money it got by floating. Even > Mandrake is not going to be a D.I.Y. product ever - just the same as > Windoze never was........ It needs to be fitted by a geek. Or a very > experienced PC User. > > BTW: NOBODY has so far claimed to have met the condition I enquired of - > a simple, one-go instal. > > MY case rests................. sadly. > > But I'll be back. I am looking into Win4Lin, but the news so far isn't > good. WINE - couldn't even find my way around on the Site..... much less > what it works with.... > > Maybe 8.1 will work...... or 8.2.......... ( hope springs eternal) > > Cheers! > > Him Again
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