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   Martin =?UTF-8?Q?Sch=C3=B6=C3=B6n?= to All   
   Re: Mandrake the company killed by Mandr   
   13 Jun 15 16:24:32   
   
   From: martin.schoon@gmail.com   
      
   Den 2015-06-13 skrev Whiskers :   
   >   
   > Mandr[ake|iva] did show the world how to make a Linux distro that was   
   > comprehensible and usable for migrants from other operating systems, and   
   > so introduce many newcomers who stayed - including me.  I'll leave it to   
   > others to decide how much of a good thing that is.  The patience and   
   > helpfulness of the regulars in the eponymous newsgroups had a lot to do   
   > with it too.   
   >   
   Same here: The newsgroup lured me into Mandrake and Linux has been my   
   home OS ever since.   
      
   At work someone else calls the shots...   
      
   /Martin   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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