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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..."

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  1. Re:What does MandrakeSoft gain? by garcia · · Score: 0, Troll

    I would venture to say "not that much". Conectiva was apparently the first Linux distro to cater to countries outside of the US and Europe.

    It was based out of Brazil (which doesn't give it much weight as far as I'm concerned as I wouldn't trust a pile of shit from .br) and won some obscure awards for being the "best OS".

    For a company that recently claimed bankruptcy I just can't see this merger as being fruitful in the future.

  2. merge? by spoonyfork · · Score: 0, Troll

    There is no such thing as a "merge" except maybe in investorspeak. One company buys another, that's it.

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  3. Re:Mandrakesoft promptly.....actually.... by Chineseyes · · Score: 0, Troll

    it should be Suse rolls into town and Madrakesoft promptly waves white flags welcoming Suse into Paris.

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