“To say that Mandriva has been quiet on the Linux front lately
might just qualify as an understatement. The Paris-based Linux
distribution company has had a rough road these last couple of
years, having pulled themselves out of redressement
judiciaire (the French equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in
the US) in March 2004.“But now the company is back with a vengeance, and is more than
willing to discuss its past, present, and future: a future that
includes stepped-up presences in the enterprise server market and,
geographically, nations where IT opportunity is much wider than in
the US or EU.“More specifically, according to CEO François Bancilhon,
Mandriva is prepared to take its product line straight to Red Hat
and Novell, in whatever arena the US companies care to
compete–including, Bancilhon emphasized, right in their back
yard…”
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