[plug] Mandrake Bankrupt?

[Kai]

A mate of mine with FESA has the same problem with messy emails...he says
there's nothing he can do, that's just what Lotus does to emails...

-----Original Message-----
From: Garry [mailto:garbuck at westnet.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 15 April 2003 10:45 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Mandrake Bankrupt?



Hi Richard,

Just wondering, does your mail system have a "less ugly" or "compact"
setting for outgoing mail? 8^)==

>From the source it looks like you are using Lotus Notes, I've not used it.

Regards

Garry



On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:19:11 +0800
Richard Meyer <meyerri at au1.ibm.com> wrote:

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Mandrake Bankrupt?
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> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Daniel Pearson wrote:
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> >> Morning,
> >> I remember hearing news that Mandrake was going, or had gone bankrupt..
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> >> that still relevant? The reason I ask this, is because i'm looking at
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> >Google is good.
> >http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=mandrake+bankruptcy&btnG=Search+News
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> >yes they are broke / in protection / restructuring / insolvent.
> >But that doesnt mean the name or product is going.
> >the product is profitable, but not enough so to cover their stupidly
> >(greedily?) aquired debts.
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> Problem appears to be that during the .com boom, they got a whole lot of
> "clever" people on board who set them on an acquisition trail. With the
> bust they were left with huge debts nad needless to say the "clever"
people
> all disappeared. They appear to be making more than they're spending, but
> whether that can service their debts ....
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> Having said that - I really like Mdk - and use it.
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