[plug] Mandrake on the rocks?

[Richard Meyer]

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                      Bret Busby                                                                                                    
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>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.

I've been following this with some worry on the Register
(www.theregister.co.uk) and it appears that they want Chapter 11 protection
(or French equiv), which allows them to break disadvantageous alliances and
fire staff, without all the usual penalties. Seems as though they were in
expansion mode when the dot bust thing happened and caught them short of
cash flow. They are almost breaking even according to the stuff I saw.

But you are correct, it'll sadden me if they go under. It really is a nice
distro to install. If only they didn't install that silly service to turn
on the num-lock.

RichardM