[CLUG] Mandrake 8.1 beta 2 is out

[Christian van den Bosch]

Donncha, Oleg,

Why don't the two of you come to the Metropole tonight and you can fight it
out over a couple of pints :)

cjb

Christian van den Bosch
Hardware / Software Developer
TMC Technology Ltd
Units 5-6, Enterprise Park, Innishmore,
Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland
Phone: +353-21-4873711 Fax: +353-21-4870726
Website: http://www.tmc-technology.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Donncha O Caoimh <donncha.ocaoimh at tradesignals.com>
To: oll at caesar.ucc.ie <oll at caesar.ucc.ie>
Cc: CLUG <cork at linux.ie>
Date: 30 August 2001 11:29
Subject: Re: [CLUG] Mandrake 8.1 beta 2 is out


>Missing one important bit here - Mandrake is a company out to make
>money. Another benefit of releasing betas of their software is the
>exposure they get (both good and bad) in the press and community. The
>more people know about them the better!
>
>To a certain extent this drives demand for the final product too.
>
>Donncha.
>PS. subscribe your address to the list - I have to keep OKing your
>posts..
>
>Oleg Rasskazov wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> But is case of open source development of the most of the software is
done
>> not by the company that makes distribution, but by the independant groups
of
>> people. Thus the only thing that you are really testing for bugs is the
set
>> of scripts that assists the installation process. But when you have
hundreds
>> of distros, beta testing of same type of scripts but from different
vendors
>> just distracts people from testing real programs - like KDE. The point
here
>
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