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will soon appear for Linux and they will first be designed for the <BR> leader which is called Red Hat. Other Linux distributions won't <BR> benefit from it because they use other packages systems or don't have <BR> the same file hierarchy. However, we are often called a "Red Hat <BR> better than Red Hat" in the press! <BR> <BR> LWN: Some day some clever person will create a new distribution which <BR> is a value-added version of Linux-Mandrake. How would that affect <BR> Linux-Mandrake's sales? What would MandrakeSoft's response, if any, <BR> be? <BR> <BR> GD: "Some day" has already occured several times. The first time was <BR> "Guru Linux" (one year ago), the last one is "Phat Linux". But there <BR> have been many others, like MaTel in Thailand, for example. We have no <BR> problem at all with that. Sometimes, we just try to convince people to <BR> join us instead of trying to be a small concurrent: it benefits to the <BR> both parties. <BR> <BR> Anyways, any other Mandrake/Redhat based player will extend the <BR> competition, the features and at least the Mandrake/Redhat based <BR> distribution user base. It's very similar to the success of the IBM <BR> PC-Compatible market versus Apple market. Redhat and Mandrake are in <BR> the PC side. Suse and Caldera are in the Apple side: there is no <BR> Caldera or Suse based distribution because they provide proprietary <BR> components while Red Hat and Mandrake publish all their work with the <BR> General Public License. Redhat is the IBM of the Linux market, we <BR> expect to be the new Compaq. <BR> <BR> LWN: Do you have a release date for 6.1? What can Linux-Mandrake users <BR> look forward to with that release? <BR> <BR> GD: 6.1 is expected to be released soon - in 6.1 there will be the <BR> last versions of all the packages that we ship, and everything will be <BR> completely stabilized. Furthermore, there will certainly one or two <BR> good surprises in 6.1 ! <BR> <BR> LWN: How strong of a response have you gotten to Cooker? Do you expect <BR> to get a significant amount of developer interest via that release? <BR> <BR> GD: About 200 developers joined Cooker :) They all feed Mandrake with <BR> ideas, fixes, new packages etc. It's a very nice place for <BR> free-software. With Cooker (<A HREF="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/),">http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/),</A> <BR> Mandrake is turning into a real open source distribution, just like <BR> Debian is. Furthermore, we see that many developers and users enjoy <BR> getting the freshest packages from Cooker! <BR> <BR> LWN: What other interesting news can we expect to see come out of <BR> MandrakeSoft in the near future? <BR> <BR> GD: From a technical point of view, we plan to release final versions <BR> of several big projects like Lothar, DiskDrake and Panoramix. We will <BR> also soon announce a new nice tool called "hwizard" that will make <BR> user's life under Linux still more fun and easier. But I can't tell <BR> more :) <BR> <BR> From a commercial point of view, we will soon extend our distribution, <BR> especially in the USA. Several agreements are being signed but we <BR> still miss a mainstream distributor in the USA that would ship our <BR> PowerPacks and other new products in each American store. <BR> <BR> From a financial point of view, there are already new discussions with <BR> new investors. <BR> <BR> We will also employ more people and soon announce new implantations, <BR> especially in Asia. <BR> <BR> In my first idea, Mandrake was made to promote Linux as a competitor <BR> to MS-Windows. I think it could occur sooner than expected :) <BR> <BR> LWN: And where did the name "Mandrake" come from in the first place? <BR> <BR> GD: From my child's head. Mandrake is magic! <BR> <BR> -- J. Corbet. <BR> <BR> Eklektix, Inc. Linux powered! Copyright 1998 Eklektix, Inc. all rights <BR> reserved. <BR> Linux R is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds <BR> <BR>=============End of Interview=================== <BR>-- <BR>|======================+========================+====================| <BR>| 以无法为有法 , | 拳本无法,有法也空; | 我爱GNU/Linux, | <BR>| 以无限为有限 | 一法不立,无法不容。| 因为我爱自由! | <BR>| | | | <BR>| 截拳道宗师-李小龙 | 意拳宗师-王芗斋 | 土人 Linuxrat | <BR>|======================+========================+====================| <BR> <BR>※ 来源:·BBS 水木清华站 smth.org·[FROM: 202.112.168.252] <BR><CENTER><H1>BBS水木清华站∶精华区</H1></CENTER></BODY></HTML>
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