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  mandrakesoft Content at ZDNet UK
Mandrakesoft is to acquire all of Conectiva's shares in a €1.79m all-stock deal.
MandrakeSoft, currently under bankruptcy protection, has been jumping to include as rapidly as possible the latest technology, such as AMD's forthcoming Opteron processors.
News MandrakeSoft, the French Linux distributor, says it is on track to profitability by the end of this year, following a sharp increase in revenues and some cost cutting.
www.zdnet.co.uk /tsearch/mandrakesoft.htm   (804 words)

  
  MandrakeSoft
It describes itself as a "project initiator and a skills organizer in the Open Source arena." It was created in 1998, and has offices in the USA and France.
MandrakeSoft is currently operating under bankruptcy protection, which was granted by the French courts on January 27, 2003.
MandrakeSoft claims that the filing will enable it to reorganize its liabilities, and continue its current operations.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/MandrakeSoft.html   (137 words)

  
 GNOME press releases
MandrakeSoft has long recognized the great value offered by the GNOME environment and its ability to attract new users from the Windows world.
MandrakeSoft also credits the numerous innovations introduced by the GNOME project as one of the key reasons for the worldwide success of Linux and the Open Source model.
MandrakeSoft affirms its commitment to the Foundation and to GNOME's bright future by also announcing to financially sponsor several GNOME developers so that they may focus on developing GNOME Office/OpenOffice for the benefit of the entire community.
www.gnome.org /press/releases/mandrakesoftjoins.html   (627 words)

  
 Breaking News--Mandrakesoft Buys Rival Linux Distro, Conectiva
Mandrakesoft was founded in 1998; it emerged from bankruptcy a little more than a year ago and now has 70 employees.
Mandrakesoft said in a statement that Conectiva was a profitable company and that it had been running at breakeven for the past two quarters, which seems to imply that the Conectiva was finding it harder to stay in the fl ink.
The amount that Mandrakesoft paid to acquire Conectiva is also roughly equal to the profit that Mandrakesoft brought to the bottom line in its last fiscal year.
www.itjungle.com /breaking/bn022405-story02.html   (775 words)

  
 Linux Database: Daffodil DB bundled with Mandrakesoft   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The bundled version of Daffodil DB is its 90-day evaluation version, which has the same features and capabilities as the commercial version.
Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular MandrakeLinux operating system, one of the most full-featured and easy to use Linux
Mandrakesoft products are available in more than 120 countries through dedicated channels and also from Mandrakestore.com, the company's online store.
www.daffodildb.com /daffodil-mandrakesoft-news.html   (512 words)

  
 Mandrakesoft and Conectiva Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
Mandrakesoft has built its business by designing and delivering user-friendly Linux products to both individuals and businesses, building a user base of more than 4 million users.
Mandrakesoft is acquiring all shares of Conectiva for a total amount of 1.79 million EUR (2.3 million USD) in stock.
Mandrakesoft and Conectiva are both founding Members of the Linux Core Consortium (LCC), which has recently started development of a common implementation of the Linux Standard Base.
www.linuxcompatible.org /story42425.html   (1336 words)

  
 MandrakeSoft rejects UnitedLinux - TechUpdate - ZDNet   (Site not responding. Last check: )
MandrakeSoft, maker of one of the more popular versions of Linux, says it will not join a new initiative combining several of its competitors' products, on the grounds that the move would damage Mandrake's own offering--and that its competitors have chosen the wrong path to follow.
MandrakeSoft also criticized UnitedLinux's restrictions on distributing its software, saying that the restrictions go against the principles of Free Software, which is more commonly known as open-source software.
MandrakeSoft itself includes proprietary software such as Sun's StarOffice productivity suite with commercial versions of its distribution, but says it does not allow such add-ons to conflict with the free circulation of its open-source products.
techupdate.zdnet.com /techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2873416,00.html   (705 words)

  
 CODEHOST PARTNERS WITH MANDRAKESOFT Codehost, Inc. - Linux and UNIX Printing Solutions & Services, Embedded Linux, ...
Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrakelinux operating system, one of the most full-featured and easy to use Linux systems available.
Mandrakesoft products are available in more than 120 countries through dedicated channels and also from Mandrake Store.com, the company‘s online store.
Mandrakesoft is traded on Paris Euronext Marche Libre (Euroclear code: 4477.PA; Reuters code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF).
www.codehost.com /news/press_article.php?id=36   (549 words)

  
 MANDRAKESOFT, BRGM TO TAKE ON CLUSTERING PROJECT
Mandrakesoft and BRGM will participate along with INRIA in IGGI, a research project in cluster and grid computing.
Mandrakesoft, the European leader in Linux and Open Source software, has experience working in the field of cluster computing.
Mandrakesoft's role will be, more specifically, to adapt its Linux technologies to the requirements of the project.
www.hpcwire.com /hpc/333550.html   (498 words)

  
 Techtree.com India > News > Security > Mandrake For The French
Mandrakesoft CEO Francois Bancilhon said in a statement, "Such a project makes the most of the open-source development model.
Mandrakesoft will contribute and adapt its Linux operating system, and manage the Open Source community around the future results of the project.
Mandrakesoft's share amounts to 1 million euros out of the total 8.6 million euros the companies will get.
www.techtree.com /techtree/jsp/showstory.jsp?storyid=53950   (348 words)

  
 Linux Distributor Mandrakesoft Acquires Conectiva - Software News by InformationWeek
Mandrakesoft has agreed to acquire Conectiva in an all-stock deal valued at $2.3 million.
Under the deal, Mandrakesoft is acquiring all shares of Conectiva for $2.3 million in stock.
The LCC is developing a runtime environment and software development kit that would standardize programming of software to the interfaces of the Linux kernel.
www.informationweek.com /software/opensource/60403424   (300 words)

  
 Mandriva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mandrakesoft operated under bankruptcy protection from January 27, 2003 to March 30, 2004.
Mandrakesoft recorded its first quarterly profit since 1999 of €270,000 on €1.42 million of revenue during the period between October 2003 and December 2003.
On January 24, 2005, Mandrakesoft announced that it would acquire Brazilian Linux distributor Conectiva for the amount of €1.79 million (2.3 million US dollars at the time).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MandrakeSoft   (536 words)

  
 MandrakeSoft sees revenues jump - Builder UK
MandrakeSoft, the French Linux distributor, says it is on track to profitability by the end of this year, following a sharp increase in revenues and some cost cutting.
MandrakeSoft plans to continue to develop its high-margin lines, such as MandrakeClub, online sales and OEM licences, while continuing to cut costs.
MandrakeSoft launched its user club in March, but some industry observers said the scheme seemed more appropriate to a non-profit organisation than a private business.
uk.builder.com /developer/0,39026995,2119609,00.htm   (440 words)

  
 Linux PR: Mandrakesoft Exits Bankruptcy
As a result of restructuring, Mandrakesoft recorded it first quarterly profit since 1999 of 270,000 EUR on 1.42M EUR of revenue during the period between October 2003 and December 2003.
On a related note, shares of Mandrakesoft are again being traded on the Euronext Marché Libre exchange (ISIN code MLMAN) and on the US OTC market (Stock symbol MDKFF).
Mandrakesoft will release its new operating system "Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official" in May 2004, and plans to announce in upcoming months several new products for the corporate and individual markets.
www.linuxpr.com /releases/6788.html   (391 words)

  
 Mandrakesoft Makes Its Business Linux Move Channel Insider, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the past, Mandrakesoft's main focus was to make Linux available to the largest number of users, and it had very short development cycles.
Mandrakesoft first tried to enter the business market with the first version of Corporate Server in September 2000, followed by a second version in early 2003.
Mandrakesoft is aware of the magnitude of what it's attempting to do in making a major move to become a serious business Linux distributor.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zd2970/is_200501/ai_n8595476   (802 words)

  
 Mandrakesoft and Conectiva Announce Merger - PlanetAMD64
Mandrakesoft had revenue of $6.7 million and net income of $1.8 million for its most recent fiscal year.
Mandrakesoft has struggled financially but in 2004 emerged from bankruptcy protection.
Although Mandrakesoft is based in France, much of the company's revenue comes from North America.
www.planetamd64.com /index.php?showtopic=4407   (1286 words)

  
 Mandrakesoft in $7.3 million stock sell-off | CNET News.com
Shareholders of Mandrakesoft have approved a stock sale to raise as much as $7.3 million, a move that should make it easier for the Paris-based Linux seller to pursue its acquisition strategy.
Mandrakesoft is in acquisition discussions with "several companies" with price ranges between 1 million and 3 million euros (between $1.2 million and $3.6 million), Le Marois said.
In 2003, 40 percent of Mandrakesoft's revenue came from North America, 22 percent from France, and 22 from the rest of Europe, the company said.
news.com.com /Mandrakesoft+...+stock+sell-off/2100-7344_3-5369949.html   (748 words)

  
 MandrakeSoft Joins the GNOME Foundation
"MandrakeSoft's market leadership role in the European Linux market and its strong retail presence in the US will allow GNOME to reach a much broader audience worldwide." MandrakeSoft has long recognized the great value offered by the GNOME environment and its ability to attract new users from the Windows world.
MandrakeSoft also credits the numerous innovations introduced by the GNOME project as one of the key reasons for the worldwide success of Linux and the Open Source model.
MandrakeSoft affirms its commitment to the Foundation and to GNOME's bright future by also announcing to financially sponsor several GNOME developers so that they may focus on developing GNOME Office/OpenOffice for the benefit of the entire community.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-14-2000/0001365157&EDATE=   (664 words)

  
 Mandrakesoft Emerges From Bankruptcy
Mandrakesoft rebounded last fall with its first quarterly profits in nearly four years.
A bi-continental operation, Mandrakesoft has offices in Paris and in Altadena, Calif. Its stock is traded on France's Euronext Marchi Libre stock exchange as well as in the domestic over-the-counter market.
Mandrakesoft has nursed itself back to health by relying on a two-fold strategy for distributing its Linux source code software, which it offers under the General Public License (GPL).
www.internetnews.com /ent-news/article.php/3333451   (602 words)

  
 MandrakeSoft Unfolds Linux Security Strategy - The Community's Center for Security
In a much awaited move, MandrakeSoft today outlines its Linux Security stategy aimed at individual, small office home office (SoHo) and small and medium enterprise (SME) users, and announces the availability of the 'Single Network Firewall'.
It is also a key consideration for small companies wishing to transition their networks to Linux in view of its technical strengths and highly attractive total cost of ownership.
Mandrakesoft provides a trusted interface between users of information technology and open technologists.
www.linuxsecurity.com /content/view/109962   (666 words)

  
 mandrakesoft content at silicon.com
News A consortium including Mandrakesoft, the Paris-based Linux seller that recently exited bankruptcy protection, has won a three-year contract worth €7m to improve Linux security.
News Carrefour has, for the moment, declined to comment on the pilot but Mandrakesoft's French arm is feeling a little more talkative.
In order for SASL to be used, a protocol must include a command for identifying and authenticating a user to a...
www.silicon.com /tags/mandrakesoft.htm   (659 words)

  
 NewsForge | MandrakeSoft: An inside look
MandrakeSoft recently emerged from the bankruptcy protection it sought last year.
GD: The hardest obstacle for MandrakeSoft was to switch from a one-man project to a real company with a structure and a professional offering, such as services and so on.
MandrakeSoft recently resumed trading on the Marche Libre and stock prices have been on the increase.
business.newsforge.com /business/04/05/07/2040248.shtml?...&tid=94   (4748 words)

  
 OfB.biz: Open for Business - In the Black and Moving Forward: Gaël Duval on Mandrakesoft in 2005
Going into 2005, Mandrakesoft is a company that has gone against everything that was predicted.
To catch up on the changes since their last full interview, Mandrakesoft co-founder Gaël Duval recently agreed to talk with OFB’s editor-in-chief, Timothy R. Butler, about where the company is heading and the state of the industry at the present time.
Mandrakesoft's stock appears to have done quite well in the last year, as well.
www.ofb.biz /article.pl?sid=349   (1649 words)

  
 Techworld.com - OS and Servers News - Mandrakesoft buys Conectiva for £1.2m
Mandrakesoft will buy fellow Linux vendor Conectiva for 1.79 million euros (£1.24 million) in stock.
Mandrakesoft had revenues of 5.18 million euros - quite a turnaround for a company that three years ago was appealing directly to users for help paying the bills.
Mandrakesoft entered into bankruptcy in 2003, and emerged in March 2004.
www.techworld.com /opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3214   (623 words)

  
 MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademark - ZDNet.co.uk
However, MandrakeSoft will be allowed to continue using its name and Web site addresses for the time being, while it appeals the 13 February decision of the Paris tribunal de grande instance.
MandrakeSoft previously used a company logo featuring a Linux penguin wearing a magician's garb, but the company has removed the image from its packaging and advertising materials.
Mandrakesoft web site can no longer be accessed th...
news.zdnet.co.uk /software/0,1000000121,39147100,00.htm   (567 words)

  
 NewsForge | Mandrakesoft releases new "Move" LiveCD Li
While overall Linux usability has made great strides in recent years, thanks notably to Mandrakesoft's famed installer and state-of-the-art hardware detection, switching to Linux is still a daunting task to a lot of computer users – very often because they are afraid of damaging their system and cannot afford to do so.
Along the lines of Mandrakesoft's recently released GlobeTrotter, Move lets users carry around both settings and files on a USB key.
Based on Mandrakesoft's Mandrakelinux 10.0, Move has all the stability and power of a modern Linux system.
www.newsforge.com /newsvac/04/10/06/1655227.shtml   (698 words)

  
 MandrakeSoft Company
MandrakeSoft provides a trusted interface between users of information technology and open source developers.
MandrakeSoft can be seen both as a project initiator and a skills organizer in the Open Source arena.
MandrakeSoft products are distributed around the world by ABC Analog, ACI, Art Net, CHS/Métrologie, Editions Profil, ID Pro, Info Networks, Isyotech, Italsel, Kangaroot, Lehmanns, Linux Discount, Macmillan USA, MCD2, Prisma Opentech,...
www.geocities.com /ajyuwana/no2.html   (819 words)

  
 AMD Athlon™ 64 & AMD Opteron™ Processor
MandrakeSoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrake Linux operating system, one of the most full-featured and easy to use Linux systems available.
MandrakeSoft products are available in more than 120 countries through dedicated channels and from MandrakeStore, the company's online store.
Mandrake Linux and MandrakeSoft are registered trademarks of MandrakeSoft SA and Mandrakesoft Inc. All other trademarks are registered by their respective owners.
www.amd.com /us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543_5730~70027,00.html   (682 words)

  
 LWN: Mandrakesoft to migrate 1500 French government servers
French Ministry of Equipment chooses Mandrakesoft to migrate office and infrastructure servers to Linux http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/business/2490 Moreno Valley, California; Paris, France; July 9th, 2004 - The French Ministry of Equipment's migration to Linux project is replacing 1,500 office and infrastructure Microsoft Windows NT servers with Mandrakelinux Corporate servers.
With Mandrakesoft, the Ministry chose an alternative to proprietary software, and this is a significant step towards technological independence and the guarantee of enduring public standards for its information systems.
About Mandrakesoft Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrakelinux operating system, one of the most fully-featured and easy to use Linux systems available.
lwn.net /Articles/93036   (605 words)

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