mandrake files bankruptcy

[Zoki]

Le 16/01/2003 5:03, ??Jerry McBride?? <mcbrides9 at comcast.net> a ?crit?:

> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:47:11 +1000 Keith Antoine <kantoine at bigpond.net.au>
> wrote:
> 
>> OFB.BIZ: MANDRAKESOFT DECLARES BANKRUPTCY
>> 
>>  "MandrakeSoft, the developer of the popular Mandrake Linux
>>  distribution, declared bankruptcy in France today..."
>> 
>> COMPLETE STORY:
>> http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=192
>> 
> 
> Wow... what is this?  I really don't expect an answer, but boy...
> 
> I wonder if this is a trend or just a poorly run business...


*** I'm opting for the "poorly run business" option. Since I came to France
and after having been here for 10 years there's one constant in the French
run their business: A lot of talking, meetings and no action. It wouldn't
surprise me if it was Mandrake's problem too.

And even if it wasn't, frankly, what made Mandrake more interesting compared
to their competitors? They went for the eye candy with a superb installer
interface, zillion of menu's and sub-menu's under KDE, continuously adding
new features without properly debugging the old ones...

People don't switch to a Mandrake to be confronted to the same bullshit they
were served by the Redmond gang.

I'm sorry but I can't really regret their disappearance.

Zoran.