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Mandriva Buys Assets from Lycoris

Posted by timothy on from the churn-churn-churn dept.

ulteus writes "For months after the acquisition of Conectiva, Mandriva moves further with the following announcement: "Mandriva today announced an agreement to purchase several assets from Lycoris, a major North American Linux distribution for home users. As part of this agreement, Lycoris' founder and CEO Joseph Cheek is joining Mandriva to develop a new and advanced Linux desktop product.". This is exciting for all Mandriva and Lycoris users, but I'm wondering: who's next?"

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  1. typo by ulteus · · Score: 5, Informative

    "For months" -> "Four months". Sorry!

  2. Consolidation of the commerical Linux vendors. by CyricZ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We are seeing the very same consolidation of the commercial Linux vendors that happened back in the late 1980s with commercial UNIX. Indeed, it will be interesting to see where this leads.

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    Cyric Zndovzny at your service.
  3. Mandriva? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buying out another Linux distro makes about as much sense as buying out a little girls' lemonade stand.