[plug] Mandrake on the rocks?

[Shayne O'Neill]

Ugh..... Mandrake was always my favorite of the "redhat flavoured" linuxes.

Even my mother could use it.

What a shame... Hope someone bails em out........ Sun? Are you out there? 
(I know sun 'r looking for a way to become a player in linux world... Heres
a name for em to latch onto... thinkin outloud alas)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bret Busby" <bret at busby.net>
To: "PLUG" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:40 AM
Subject: [plug] Mandrake on the rocks?


> 
> I note that, from http://linuxtoday.com, and following the successive 
> links, Mandrakesoft has been voluntarily declared bankrupt on 15 
> January in france.
> 
> >From my understanding, Mandrake Linux is one of the top three 
> distributions, in terms of popularity.
> 
> Whatever people may think of other distributions than the 
> distribution(s) they favour (as in "distro wars"), I am confident that 
> this will sadden most Linux users.
> 
> -- 
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
> 
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>  you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
>   Chapter 28 of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> - Douglas Adams, 1988
> ....................................................
> 
>