"I fired up the e-mail client and tossed out some posers. I initially asked Bancilhon where the deal stood right now. He replied that Mandriva was 'currently trying to get more information on the local situation.' That would be the gist of Bancilhon's answers, because it seems no answers have been terribly forthcoming from Nigeria.
"That, I sense, is why Bancilhon is so torqued about this deal collapsing. It's bad enough that the deal crashed--but to not know exactly why or how would be immensely frustrating..."
