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Reiver_Fluffi

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  1. Ubuntu does have one thing different though. It's backed by a millionaire who even paid to go into space. Mandriva filed for bankruptcy, recovered with the help of investment from VC's and are climbing their way back up again.

    Yes which is reflected in the strategy discussed by the O/P, it looks like the company has developed a risk neutral attitude as of late. Which might be enough to get them out of a rut, but it won't have them leading the market any time soon.

  2. Were it my company, I wouldn't give the stuff away for nothing, either. Whatever you do, first of all you have to make sure that you do not go bancrupt. Point.

    To be honest artic, if you actually ran a company you would realise that sometimes you may have to compromise your beliefs in order to make money. and if you can't you won't be in business much longer. It is possible to give something away and make a profit, any notion that you can't is pure ignorance.

  3. Because buying, burning, and shipping a CD costs money - and Mandriva isn't backed by a millionaire (i.e. Ubuntu). Don't get me wrong, it's nice that Ubuntu gives out free CD's, but it's just that - nice. I don't expect Mandriva to go shelling out cash for something that won't provide them with any funds in return - it's a business, not a charity.

    A lot of business do give things away, it's called advertising. It's quite a common and legitimate investment for companies that want to try and broaden their customer base. It can be risky, Mandriva seems to be trying to mitigate that risk by going against common practice and charging for the privilege of promoting (the mention of install parties to some degree implies promotion) their product. that kinda puts people off when they are already devoting their time and effort for free to promote the product.

     

    Otherwise, shutup and stop being a freeloader.

    I find that remark to be rather aggressive and bang out of order.

  4. The openoffice.org guide recommends the following steps:

     

    Installation Steps

    1. Unpack the downloaded image into a directory. For example, currently, the following command would unpack into the current directory:
    2. tar xvzf OOo_2.0.0_LinuxIntel_install.tar.gz
    3. Su to root, if necessary.
    4. cd into the directory with the unpacked image. This could be RPMS.
    5. Delete any rpm files that do not apply to your system. For example, on a Fedora Core 3 system, delete any rpms specific to another distribution such as openofficeorg-suse-menus-1.9.79-1.noarch.rpm.
    6. Then execute rpm -Uvih *rpm.

     

    The same should apply for Oxygen Office

  5. I guess I recognize it easier because I had years of involvement in politics where I saw such sleaze and cronyism all around me. It sickened me so much that I withdrew from all political activity after about 12 years. Especially around a certain Prime Minister whose name started with W. I like to think that I have lost my naivety in that regard at least.

     

    John.

     

    John, may I hazard a guess that you experience is of the Australian politics? The story is concerning the British Public Sector, which I have worked in and have relations who work in senior positions. Here, so called political sleaze is not as much of a problem as the media like to make us think.

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