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   Message 28,214 of 29,919   
   Bob Grimes to Mat Nieuwenhoven   
   Re: Problem buying Mandriva   
   17 Jun 12 08:28:16   
   
   From: sctvguy1@invalid.net   
      
   On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:58:22 +0200, Mat Nieuwenhoven wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   Didn't you used to use OS/2?  I thought that I saw you on the Mensys   
   groups.   
      
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