john rigby wrote: >Hi Sridhar & folks, >Unfortunately this whole thing is enough for me to almost "rest my case"! >Mandrake seems to be composed of nice people - Geeks one and all. >There are certainly no people from the "hard" world there. > >This Company doesn't even have the "excuse" that its owners shot through >with the money and bought a few corporate jets! >It has actually being trying to make a good product! Like a good >mouse-trap. It won't happen. It can't win. >Otherwise it would be at least making a decent wage for its seemingly >fanatical employees! > >All the corporation needs to do is get some marketing nouse in to the >system. THERE IS NO COMPETITION. >My friend who sells those monstrocities called Apple told me the other day >he cannot believe it. He is making money hand over fist from them - and they >are like Lemmings. They actually *bring* their mothers and sisters and >Ministers into his shop. >He has a Network system hidden out the back - because it is running on 25% >of the cost PC's and Linux -one expensive(!) Apple "terminal"out front to >show the big world of the Internet................. > >Works for some................. this idea of making money as well. > >Cheers? > >John >
OK enough pontification. The fact is that your solution is untenable. The only assets a software companyy has are its people. The people at Mandrake make the company, and the fact that they are part of alinux community seems to have escaped you. Do you really expect to pull an apple off a grape vine? Mandrakesoft would have to be changed down to the roots to make what you suggest happen, and then without the authors of the tools, they would have to pick up and go on. So start your own company and see if you can find engineers who will take the -free- Mandrakesoft product and make it closed source. And best of luck to you. I won't help, and I doubt if you will find a handful of people associated with the Mandrakesoft effort who will. Civileme >
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