Re:What do you think of the community/official spl
Posted by: Mandrake Magician
on January 24, 2004 09:15 AM
"That is unaceptable and shameful. How can I approach non-profits about moving away from Linux when they will be on a six-month upgrade treadmill?"
How about approaching them with an invoice that also covers the cost of the Official version? I rather suspect you bill for your time, why not pass a few bucks along to Mandrake?
And quit whining. If you are actually technically competent you should find it no real challenge to establish a YUM repository (think "value add") for the exclusive use of your customers. If you are selling them support, it is ethically fubar to expect MandrakeSoft to do all the work for you while you cash all the checks. Compile and package your own updates<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... that is part of what your customers are paying you to do.
BTW, Mandrake IS Linux<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... just as much as any other distro. Moving someone to Mandrake is != "moving away from Linux".
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Re:What do you think of the community/official spl
Posted by: Mandrake Magician on January 24, 2004 09:15 AMHow about approaching them with an invoice that also covers the cost of the Official version? I rather suspect you bill for your time, why not pass a few bucks along to Mandrake?
And quit whining. If you are actually technically competent you should find it no real challenge to establish a YUM repository (think "value add") for the exclusive use of your customers. If you are selling them support, it is ethically fubar to expect MandrakeSoft to do all the work for you while you cash all the checks. Compile and package your own updates<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... that is part of what your customers are paying you to do.
BTW, Mandrake IS Linux<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... just as much as any other distro. Moving someone to Mandrake is != "moving away from Linux".
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