Re: Would Mandriva appreciate our work?

Dne četrtek 03 junija 2010 ob 17:17:48 je Catalin Florin RUSSEN napisal(a):
> Hi Attila,
> 
> I hope that you aren't in the same financial status as Mandriva. For
> appreciation better translate for Apple or Microsoft, they'll also pay you
> :) Joke apart, I don't think that they give a dime about our work, I've
> always payed the Powerpack subscription myself.
> 
> I'm translating for more than two years now, and if I translate I translate
> for myself and because I like it. It's a part of my spiritual evolution,
> contributing freely to something I like and in what I believe. My wife
> always laugh about me saying that one day Mandriva will rise me a statue
> for my time lost translating those bloody lines :)) But her cynicism it's
> the Mandriva's appreciation for my work LOL
> 
> Anyway, don't expect anything from others, otherwise you'll get depressed.
> 
> 
> Cheers and have a beer.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> Florin Catalin RUSSEN
> Romanian Translation Team
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: atilla ontas <[email protected]>
> To: cooker-i18n <cooker-i18n-4qZELD6FgxheH41UXmfQsti2O/[email protected]>
> Sent: Thu, 3 June, 2010 16:25:23
> Subject: [i18n] Would Mandriva appreciate our work?
> 
> Hi, i was browsing forums. I have seen that Mandriva gives Powerpack
> subscriptions to background contest winners and also to Mugs. This
> makes me to think. I' m working for Mandriva Turkish translations for
> two yeras almost alone. That is a hard work for just a man. May be
> asking as a translator for an appreciation of Mandriva won't be bad
> thing. Is Mandriva kind to give us a PWP subscription? I know, i know
> firm is on very bad financial state but that should be not harm it?

Hm this is strange. I think in the past translators got subscriptions to 
PowerPack editions. At least that's how I got it with every release. Maybe the 
problem is that Mandriva forgot to update the translators database from which 
it then selects Mandriva accounts that get PWP enabled. Maybe Anne or someone 
from Mandriva knows more about this.

Have a great time,
Jure "JLP" Repinc

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