ZDNet: Let the Mergers Begin Feb 26, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (7391 reads) (Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)
"Today MandrakeSoft announced that it was acquiring Conectiva, which was hailed as a merger of second-tier Linux sellers. A bit uncharitable, perhaps, but an apt description. Second-tier doesn’t describe their products, but even as a joint venture the two companies are much smaller than either Red Hat or SUSE.
"All I can say is it’s about time. The Linux distribution market has been in desperate need of consolidation for some time..."
