On Monday 18 March 2002 07:36, you wrote: > One thing I don't understand is how people have interpreted > Mandrakesoft's request for people to join the Mandrake Club as a plea for > charity to keep an ailing company afloat. It is no such thing. The > Mandrakesoft web page clearly shows Mandrake's financial details (as a > public company, this is mandatory). They expect a profit by the end of > the year, but at their current cash burn rate (which isn't extravagant, > BTW) they can't do so without making some redundancies. This is how I > interpreted the press release: > > "While we are on track to post a profit by year-end, this cannot > currently be done without losing some valuable employees. These members > have made a substantial contribution towards the development of free > software both within and outside of Mandrakesoft, and we would like to > continue sponsoring them so that they can continue this fine work. To > achieve this, we kindly request that Mandrake users join the Mandrake > Club (http://www.mandrakeclub.com/). A standard Mandrake Club membership > only costs $US5 a month and offers supurb value for money > (http://mandrakelinux.com/en/club/). In addition to these benefits, you > will be helping to support the continued development of the best > GNU/Linux distribution around." > I like the way you phrased it better. It makes a lot of sense.
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