tux_man Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 i heard thAT MANDRIVA manager has canceld tow contracts for tow of the most important developers in the company and i heard that the finincial structure is in a bad condition or the finincial managment is in its worst shap is that true or false ? and what is the consquinces if this information are true ? is that mean that mandriva is going to its end..? sorry for my english [moved from Forum Discussion by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux_man Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 (edited) is that mean that i'v to chang my destro Edited December 4, 2008 by tux_man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Right now, you do not ave to change your distro. Mandriva is not dead - yet. :P Check this thread please: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=75064&hl= It explains pretty much everything you might want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 (edited) bah! arctic beat me...guess that's what happens when you have to pee mid-post either way, here's my [best of my knowledge] executive summary: mandriva canceled several contracts, two of which happened to be people who the community believes played a vital role in improvements (in mandriva and it's community) during their time there. one of them is adam williamson, who frequents this forum (and several other mandriva community "hotspots") and has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. the community is understandably upset about that decision. financially, mandriva has had trouble before - they filed for bankruptcy some years ago, and are still trying to recover from that. i would guess these budget cuts (that resulted in the canceled contracts) have something to do with them getting out of that situation, but no one has stated such (at least not that i've seen). that being said, i don't think mandriva is going anywhere just yet - but i am curious as to what their plans are for the future. fear not, however: you (probably) won't have to change your distro. Edited December 4, 2008 by tyme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux_man Posted December 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 ok i'll not change my distro right now but may be we h'v to get ready for that maybe i'll go to fedora anyway iam really like this distro and i dont like it to gone , will see waht will happen in the future thank you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 (edited) As Tyme very wisely says, there is no need to move from Mandriva any time soon. I think it will be around for some time yet. With the obvious large community public backlash that is occurring at the moment, we may be lucky and see some rethinking and backtracking of intended moves. :) Cheers. John. Edited December 5, 2008 by AussieJohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude67 Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 With the obvious large community public backlash that is occurring at the moment, we may be lucky and see some rethinking and backtracking of intended moves. :) Cheers. John. Well, that may soon be too late, John. If any of the other companies are any wiser they will seize the opportunity (of hiring Adam). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Yes you are right Dude, it seems to be heading that way. I only now realise that the other person dropped was a key and valuable man.(I can't remember his name unfortunately) It is Adam who has spoken out about this chaps fantastic contribution. Adam being the perfect gent that he is, speaks very highly of him and says this chaps contribution was bigger and more important than his own activities. Adam and the other chap will cost Mandriva dearly if they are finally let go. This catastrophe reminds me of all the scumbag CEOs of all the failed and failing companys, who draw tens and tens of millions of dollar salaries (plus even bigger bonuses regardless of the company failure), and are supposedly trying to help the companys save money by sacking staff but they DO NOT and WILL NOT reduce their own salaries. I other words get rid of the productive workers wages so that their own insane salaries can be maintained with the money saved. You can bet your life that Mr. Mandriva CEO and the other execs are not planning on cutting their take home pay regardless of how that might benefit Mandrivas books. It seems that having been in control of a company that fails is not a negative on execs resumes. They seem to effortlessly move on to another company. Yet if you or I failed at our job, we would be hard pressed to find another position in the same field. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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