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joestar writes "MandrakeSoft today posted an update letter from its CEO about the company's health. Among other things, it's interesting to learn that the company seems to be on the good track to go out of the "chapter-11 protection" before the end of the year, that it's taking part to several publicly-funded research projects, and that Mandrake 9.1 is having a good success. They also thank for the warm support they received from the community. Worth a read for all Mandrake fans, like myself. Viva la Mandrake!"

Liberation, one of the major french newspapers published two articles on Linux today. The first discusses Linux as a threat to Microsoft and contains a quote from Bernard Dufau, president of IBM France: Nous pensons que Linux représente à terme une menace pour Windows (We believe that Linux is a threat to Windows). It also reveals that France Telecom's portal Voila uses Linux (nice Tux logo at the bottom). The second article reveals that AFUL's agreement with the French ministry of Education is similar to the one Microsoft signed with them when Bill Gates was in Paris. Apparently, headmasters and schools boards of directors would often frustrate teachers efforts to introduce Linux into their schools because while other software providers had signed agreements with the French State, Linux had not. As usual, try babelfish if you can't read french.