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Mandrakesoft Acquires Conectiva

Posted by Zonk on from the one-plus-one-equals-linux dept.

rednaxel writes "This morning, both companies issued press releases about the merge. French Mandrakesoft is acquiring all shares of brazilian Conectiva for a total amount of 1.79 million EUR (2.3 million USD) in stock." CNet has coverage of the merger as well. From the article: "This won't elevate us to the status of Red Hat or Novell/SuSE yet, of course, but this is a significant growth for us..."

2 of 229 comments (clear)

  1. Re:New Name by Donny+Smith · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    > Mandrakiva ?

    Condrake!

  2. Re:Fucking services. by new_confused_mind · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HA! I think I got your nick: JLMS. You are brazilian right?