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Jean-Loup Gailly Named CTO of Mandrakesoft

Posted by Hemos on from the joining-them-up dept.

Neil99 wrote to us with the news that Mandrake has announced Jean-Loup Gailly will be joining them as CTO. He's the author of gzip, and co-author Zlib. Very interesting - makes you wonder where they will be going next.

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  1. "makes you wonder where they will be going next" by Hanno · · Score: 3

    How about the best compressed Linux distribution?

    "Yes, we have invented verygzip, the new infinite compression algortihm. Full Mandrake install from one 5,25 inch 360 kb floppy disk."

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