Darkelve Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/invest...31211?wslang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Getting better now financially. Maybe by the time mandrake 10 is out, the company is in the black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 I hope they really get on with oem deals; preinstalled preconfigged is the way to go to get on the average users desktops. If ever I find the time, I'll do it in my area. Doesn't look like I'll ever find the time, just have my first (and hopefully last) 90+ hours workweek behind me and on this Tuesday I'm having my delayed weekend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 How does shuttle xpcs sell anyway? If it sells really well (especially among the semi-geeks [people who consider themselves geek but never use something other than windows]) then mandrake will have a chance of breaking into the home desktop area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterspy Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Their bailout could come from a test underway with Israeli government. As it stands they have still lost close to US$2 million. They have cut their organiztion to the bone. They (along with most other Linux distros except Suse (the only one I have seen) have pretty much stopped the retail option because of Mandrakesoft-described as poor sales at that level disproportionate to returns. The next release must be a killer or they are toast. Also watch the January court review and if their plan to be out from under court supervision by March as Duval has indicated. From where I now post the most, there has been an increase of interest in other distributions after the Red Hat move with Slackware and Suse leading the recommendations. Knoppix as a painless road to Debian is also being widely discussed. Since Linuxiso.org supports forums for many distributions, there are many divergent discussions. It is the place to go for those interested in opinions about alternatives and I was surprised on coming back here how many more people are running more than one distribution. Counterspy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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