Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-23 Thread Blue Lizard
Armisis Aieoln wrote: >I agree. > >Dave > >On Tuesday 22 May 2001 19:38, you wrote: > >>michael wrote: >> >>>Groovy with me! >>> >>>Michael Brown wrote: >>> On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote: >>>I think what he was talking about was... instead of >>>going public with an i

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread Armisis Aieoln
I agree. Dave On Tuesday 22 May 2001 19:38, you wrote: > michael wrote: > >Groovy with me! > > > >Michael Brown wrote: > >>On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote: > >I think what he was talking about was... instead of > >going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > >user/develop

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread Armisis Aieoln
I am thinking more of arround $100.00 a month. Dave On Tuesday 22 May 2001 16:02, you wrote: > On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote: > > > > I think what he was talking about was... instead of > > > > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > > > > user/developer owned company with the

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread Blue Lizard
michael wrote: >Groovy with me! > >Michael Brown wrote: > >>On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote: >> >I think what he was talking about was... instead of >going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a >user/developer owned company with the ability to buy >into the company that

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread michael
Groovy with me! Michael Brown wrote: > > On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote: > > > > I think what he was talking about was... instead of > > > > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > > > > user/developer owned company with the ability to buy > > > > into the company that you are

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread Armisis Aieoln
If mandrake opens to devloper investment I would be highly intrested. But would of course need as much info as possible on the company before I would deside anything for sure. dave (I am a US Citizen living and working in the UK) On Tuesday 22 May 2001 08:45, you wrote: > It appears from over

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread Michael Brown
On Tue, 22 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln wrote: > > > I think what he was talking about was... instead of > > > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > > > user/developer owned company with the ability to buy > > > into the company that you are also putting effort > > > into. > > Sounds like a g

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread michael
On Monday 21 May 2001 11:45 pm, you stuttered : > It appears from over here that they are dumping the > expensive heads that they brought in specifically for > a US ipo. If that is the case it is a good move since > the time is not right for that. I hope that they don't > become too provincial tho

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-22 Thread SI Reasoning
It appears from over here that they are dumping the expensive heads that they brought in specifically for a US ipo. If that is the case it is a good move since the time is not right for that. I hope that they don't become too provincial though... it is good to have input from various nationalities

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-21 Thread michael
On Monday 21 May 2001 08:29 pm, you stammered: > Now this is sounding intresting > > Dave > > On Monday 21 May 2001 12:03, you wrote: > > On Sun, 20 May 2001, SI Reasoning wrote: > > > I think what he was talking about was... instead of > > > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > > >

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-21 Thread Armisis Aieoln
Now this is sounding intresting Dave On Monday 21 May 2001 12:03, you wrote: > On Sun, 20 May 2001, SI Reasoning wrote: > > I think what he was talking about was... instead of > > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > > user/developer owned company with the ability to buy > > into t

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-21 Thread Michael Brown
On Sun, 20 May 2001, SI Reasoning wrote: > I think what he was talking about was... instead of > going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a > user/developer owned company with the ability to buy > into the company that you are also putting effort > into. Sounds like a good idea to me. What is

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-20 Thread SI Reasoning
I think what he was talking about was... instead of going public with an ipo, have mandrake be a user/developer owned company with the ability to buy into the company that you are also putting effort into. --- Alexander Skwar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So sprach John J. Allen am Sun, May 20, 2

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach John J. Allen am Sun, May 20, 2001 at 09:02:05PM +: > With reference to your statement in relation to revenue, and hard times > in relation to cash, would Mandrake consider a user/developer investment > plan. I'd rather invest direct in Mandrake, than purchase a boxed set > where a c

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-20 Thread John J. Allen
With reference to your statement in relation to revenue, and hard times in relation to cash, would Mandrake consider a user/developer investment plan. I'd rather invest direct in Mandrake, than purchase a boxed set where a considerable portion of the revenue goes to the box makers, box shifters et

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-19 Thread munehiro
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 04:45:47AM -0400, Yura Gusev wrote: > On Fri, 18 May 2001, Blue Lizard wrote: > > > self-advertisements in the installer could be replaced with commercials > > where users could 'click to receive more information when the install is > > finished'. And upon completion of i

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-19 Thread Yura Gusev
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Blue Lizard wrote: > self-advertisements in the installer could be replaced with commercials > where users could 'click to receive more information when the install is > finished'. And upon completion of install, either in program but from > hd or on first boot a message, we

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread Tim
Ok.. I've been toying with a software developement idea for the past few months and this thread kind of brought it to the surface. The software I'm writing is basically a web based front end for a rather complicated database. Though it's targeted at a specific industry I believe it to be a rather

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread SI Reasoning
Then why not partner with someone who is already trying to do something like this. There are still a few companies out there looking to make a name for themselves... a partnership with Mandrake could be the best of both worlds... as Mandrake can use its strength of developing the software and its

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread Blue Lizard
> >Well, I've done the donation thing. One idea I've had: is Mandrake going >to be present at the Linux Expo in Birmingham, UK in September? If not, >then I'll be there anyway, as part of a non-profit, Linux-in-education >group with two demonstration machines running Mandrake, and I could >possi

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread SI Reasoning
Bad idea...bad bad! I would flee screaming audio ads while booting up? ads to annoy admins while installing computers (bad target audience) the problem now is that people are not paying much for ads right now (mostly because they seem to think that ads are only effective if clicked though...as opp

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread Blue Lizard
Once upon a time I spewed out about 32 million ideas to chmou and warly about features for 80 81. I was on a whole lotta caffeine and about 12 days of coding. Included were ideas for sponsored ads in various places where it would cost mandrake nothing. For instance, those useless self-adver

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread Roland Nagtegaal
Alexander Skwar wrote: > > So sprach SI Reasoning am Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:14:43PM -0700: > > I don't see how the project I mentioned could not be > > run that much differently than other Mandrake Open > > Source projects... Since most of the coding and bug > > checking is done by the community

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach SI Reasoning am Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:14:43PM -0700: > I don't see how the project I mentioned could not be > run that much differently than other Mandrake Open > Source projects... Since most of the coding and bug > checking is done by the community the only thing > Mandrake would

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread Michael Brown
On 17 May 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > All IT and Linux companies seem to be facing the same situation, > > > currently. > > Other than the obvious (buying boxed sets, donating directly), what are > > the ways that we can help generate extra income? > Thanks :-). > Actually I don't know

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-18 Thread SI Reasoning
I don't see how the project I mentioned could not be run that much differently than other Mandrake Open Source projects... Since most of the coding and bug checking is done by the community the only thing Mandrake would be doing is getting the ball rolling as another service diversificatio

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Armisis Aieoln
In that case as when this happens with any company, money should focus on advertising and sales and a bit to customer support and the research and development of bug fixes. It may just mean a shuffle of how the money flows internaly. On Thursday 17 May 2001 18:01, you wrote: > Brook Humphrey

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Armisis Aieoln
Ill think on this may be there is way Mandrake can advertise cheaply or free in some cases. Ill get back with you on this. Dave On Thursday 17 May 2001 20:32, you wrote: > Michael Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [...] > > > > All IT and Linux companies seem to be facing the same situati

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Michael Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > All IT and Linux companies seem to be facing the same situation, > > currently. > > Other than the obvious (buying boxed sets, donating directly), what are > the ways that we can help generate extra income? Thanks :-). Actually I don't know

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Michael Brown
On 17 May 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > > > > within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up > > > > and allowed for such things as photo galleries, etc > > > > like Yahoo. Maybe Mandrake can have a linux enhanced > > > > web

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Brook Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thursday 17 May 2001 07:07 am, you wrote: > > SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > > > within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up > > > and allowed for such things as photo g

Re: Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Kyle Jacobs
Cash. On Thu, 17 May 2001, Armisis Aieoln ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What does mandrake need to make this a viable option? > dave > > On Thursday 17 May 2001 15:04, you wrote: > > SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > >

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Brook Humphrey
On Thursday 17 May 2001 07:07 am, you wrote: > SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > > within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up > > and allowed for such things as photo galleries, etc > > like Yahoo. Maybe Mandrake can have

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Armisis Aieoln
What does mandrake need to make this a viable option? dave On Thursday 17 May 2001 15:04, you wrote: > SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > > within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up > > and allowed for such things as phot

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up > and allowed for such things as photo galleries, etc > like Yahoo. Maybe Mandrake can have a linux enhanced > web portal... with email , calender

Re: [Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-17 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files > within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up > and allowed for such things as photo galleries, etc > like Yahoo. Maybe Mandrake can have a linux enhanced > web portal... with email , calender

[Cooker] Eazel services picked up and expanded by Mandrake?

2001-05-16 Thread SI Reasoning
I liked the drag and drop interface for moving files within eazel services. What if Mandrake picked it up and allowed for such things as photo galleries, etc like Yahoo. Maybe Mandrake can have a linux enhanced web portal... with email , calendering, etc... that sync's with netscape, outlook, an