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|    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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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