French Linux distributor Mandrakesoft will acquire its Brazilian counterpart, Conectiva, the two companies announced yesterday. Mandrakesoft will buy all of Conectiva’s stock for US$2.3 million to ...

Mandrakesoft plans to buy Conectiva for $2.3 million. Will the combined company be ready to take on the heavyweights? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

The acquisition would bring together two second-tier Linux companies, forming a combined business with $8.9 million in revenues. The deal would extend Mandrakesoft's reach into Brazil and Latin ...

France’s Mandrakesoft plans to acquire Brazil’s largest Linux vendor, Conectiva, the companies said in a joint statement released Thursday. The two companies have entered into a definitive agreement ...

French Linux distributor Mandrakesoft has changed its name to Mandriva. The new name, a fusion of Mandrakesoft and Conectiva, reflects the importance of Brazilian Linux vendor Conectiva, acquired by ...

Reflects acquisition of Conectiva and ends trademark dispute PARIS — French Linux distributor Mandrakesoft SA has changed its name to Mandriva SA. The new name, a fusion of Mandrakesoft and Conectiva, ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

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 ...

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Mandrake is now... Mandriva. The French Linux maker has changed its name after it acquired Conectiva, another Linux distributor. The name change also puts an end to a trade mark dispute with Hearst ...

Marcelo Tosatti, a Brazilian developer working for Linux distributor Conectiva, took over maintenance of the current "stable" Linux kernel, version 2.4, last autumn. He took over from Alan Cox, a ...