[TriLUG] Fw: MandrakeSoft mulls Chapter 11 style escape, says email

[al johson]

Well, that's good to hear. Maybe there isn't any smoke (much less fire)
here. Hope you had a nice holiday. Hope to see you at the next meeting.--Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tanner Lovelace" <lovelace at wayfarer.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Fw: MandrakeSoft mulls Chapter 11 style escape, says
email


> al johson wrote:
> > I don't know if this is old news, and am not sure of the reliability of
> > the source. But thought all the Mandrake fans (of which I am one myself)
> > would be interested in this alleged story which was sent to me by a
> > friend who said he'd also heard something about it on Tech TV. ---Al
Johnson
> > =================
> [...]
> > The e-mail goes on to discuss the way the company is working on a
> > two-step method of going the bankruptcy route. Firstly, it wants to put
> > the company on a break-even footing ASAP by merging with a Linux
> > services company.
>
> I would be extremely suspicious of this.  Mandrake has said publicly
> that getting into (educational) services was what got them into the
> current mess and I find it hard to believe they would head back down
> that route.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
>
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