On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 17:21 +1200, Philip Charles wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:29, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> > apt works well on top of rpm - apt-rpm was pioneered by connectiva
> > (theres an important rpm distro in a large part of the world - a ppor
> > part too, and one that doesn't kowtow to the US, so they are quite into
> > FLOSS).
> 
> Conectiva is now part of Mandriva, the ...iva part.
> 
> Phil.

ahh i didn't know that, thought the name change was just marketroidonics

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