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   Mat Nieuwenhoven to All   
   Problem buying Mandriva   
   16 Jun 12 16:58:22   
   
   From: mnieuw@zap.a2000.nl   
      
   Hi,   
      
   I wanted to upgrade an existing Mandriva 2010.2 machine to 2011, but that   
   doesn't work with the Live 2011. I am quite willing to buy the Powerpack to   
   support Mandriva, but I am not willing to part with things like address and   
   telnr . If I buy something in a normal shop I don't even have to give my   
   name, I see no reason why they need anything more than my email (for   
   delivery) and money. So a missed sale opportunity for Mandriva. I have bought   
   several Mandrake/Mandriva versions since 2002, but as I cannot get it in a   
   normal shop anymore or from my favorate online reseller, I am now downloading   
   Mageia. See if that is useful, if not, I'll stick with 2010.2 for a while   
   more.   
   BTW, after this I tried the online update, but that warned of incompatible   
   modules. In a previous upgrade (2009 to 2010 I think), after continuing in   
   spite of the warnings I ended up with a broken system, so I'm not going to   
   try that anymore.   
      
   Mat Nieuwenhoven   
      
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