Let's nip this one before it gets started, shall we?
I have absolutely nothing against Mandriva, and refer to it when appropriate. For example, my recent piece on Nepomuk (http://www.linux.com/articles/144853) refers to the fact that Mandriva is paying for much of the work on the KDE semantic desktop, and extensively quotes the developer Mandriva is sponsoring.
Mandriva isn't mentioned in this article simply because I could find no indication that it tries to sell in retail stores as opposed to online. If that is wrong, then I regret it, because I would have been glad to hear about another company's experience.
As for not mentioning it in the introduction, the list of former retail sellers is clearly not meant to be exhaustive.
You are, of course, perfectly free to take offense at anything I say. But please don't manufacture excuses to take offense, okay?
- Bruce Byfield ("nanday")
P. S. -- If you think that Mandriva is being short-changed, you might consider submitting Mandriva news directly to editors@linux.com. That doesn't guarantee coverage by any means, because there are very few writers and a lot of stories out there. But, while I can't speak officially for Linux.com (being a freelancer), I suspect that most of the regular contributors are grateful for anything that makes the effort of keeping up with FOSS a little easier.
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Re(1): Selling GNU/Linux in a box
Posted by: nanday on September 06, 2008 11:47 PMI have absolutely nothing against Mandriva, and refer to it when appropriate. For example, my recent piece on Nepomuk (http://www.linux.com/articles/144853) refers to the fact that Mandriva is paying for much of the work on the KDE semantic desktop, and extensively quotes the developer Mandriva is sponsoring.
Mandriva isn't mentioned in this article simply because I could find no indication that it tries to sell in retail stores as opposed to online. If that is wrong, then I regret it, because I would have been glad to hear about another company's experience.
As for not mentioning it in the introduction, the list of former retail sellers is clearly not meant to be exhaustive.
You are, of course, perfectly free to take offense at anything I say. But please don't manufacture excuses to take offense, okay?
- Bruce Byfield ("nanday")
P. S. -- If you think that Mandriva is being short-changed, you might consider submitting Mandriva news directly to editors@linux.com. That doesn't guarantee coverage by any means, because there are very few writers and a lot of stories out there. But, while I can't speak officially for Linux.com (being a freelancer), I suspect that most of the regular contributors are grateful for anything that makes the effort of keeping up with FOSS a little easier.
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