----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin McKinnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: RE: [scottish] Mandrake
> At 11:32 14/03/02 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Has anyone else seen or heard any more about this? > >> > >> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/mdkfuture.php3 > >> > > (Mandrake are hoping to raise revenues by asking users to sign up to a > 'club'; while I can symapthize with their desire to earn a living in a free > software culture, the other side of the coin is that it looks a bit like > Microsoft's latest licencing changes to ensure income and thus avoid the > problems Novell had in the mid 90's). sounds like they've been spending cash in linuxcarelike volumes, and their IPO obviously didn't work out as expected (why the hell did they float in France instead of siting it somewhere more useful like the US or UK ...) If I were them, I'd be hunting for a buyer or some VC instead of asking for handouts - I'd say issuing more shares and in a method more conducive to larger userbases (e.g. in UK or US) would be a "better" method too. -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats' =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! http://neuro.wasters.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
