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Re:What do you think of the community/official spl

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 23, 2004 02:45 PM
release cycles != support period.

Read their Golden Rules :

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/p<nobr>r<wbr></nobr> /corporate/2446

1) Software updates for all Mandrake products

Official MandrakeSoft software updates -- including bug fixes and security updates -- will remain freely available for all public supported products, according to the official product lifetime table.

4) Free as in 'Libre' and Free as in 'Beer'!

A download version of Mandrake Linux, consisting entirely of Open Source software, will continue to be released, provided without cost, and supported.

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