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LinuxWorld: Macmillan announces Mandrake agreement

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 1999

“Former Red Hat partner chooses new Linux distribution.”

“The Complete Linux Operating System 6.0 is based on Mandrake
Linux, which is based on Red Hat Linux.”

“Macmillan formerly had an agreement with Red Hat similar to the
one it reached with Mandrake “a few months ago,” Zingraf said. The
agreement with Red Hat spanned Red Hat versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2,
but came to an end when Red Hat Software decided to launch its own
distribution effort with the release of Red Hat 6.0.”

“Macmillan isn’t planning to focus on just one Linux
distribution, nor on one product, Zingraf said. The company already
sells two versions of Caldera…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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