Nope. You are reading it incorrectly. "Conectiva acquisition." means they ACQUIRED Conectiva.
-- Semper Fi & God Bless the U.S.A., Gary in KC <Proud Dad Of A Deployed U.S. Marine Operation Iraqi Freedom Vet>----- Message from [email protected] --------- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:19:52 -0500 From: Devlin <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] re: simple network To: [email protected] > Linux Canuk, > > I got my information directly from Mandriva's website. > > Quoting Mandriva's website: Pay special attention to 2005. > > ( http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/backgrounder[1] ) > > > > "History > > > * 1998: First Mandrake Linux Distro created by Gael Duval; > Mandrakesoft created by Jacques Le Marois, Gaël Duval and Frédéric Bastok. > > * 1999: Distribution agreement signed with MacMillan for the US and > Canada, round of funding by VCs. > > * 2000: New management team of US professionals put in place by the > financial investors. > > * 2001: Mandrakesoft listed on the Euronext Marché Libre. Departure > of the US management team and return to the helm of the founders. > Mandrake Expert and Mandrake Club created. > > * 2003: Beginning of Chapt 11 observation period; introduction of > Mandriva Move the first USB based Linux desktop. > > * 2004: Exit of Chapter 11 observation period through a > continuation plan and new round of financing. Edge IT acquisition. > Introduction of a corporate product line with Corporate Server. French > Defense Agency grants contract to develop an EAL5 rated desktop to a > consortium including Mandrakesoft. EU Commission funds r&d EDOS project > to develop new software engineering tools for Linux Distributions. > > * 2005: Conectiva acquisition. Mandrakesoft + Conectiva becomes > Mandriva thus solving a long standing legal fight with Hearst > Publication about the Mandrakesoft name. Introduction of the system > administration tool Pulse, the first open source tele-distribution tool. > > * 2006: Introduction of Mandriva One, OEM agreement with HP in > Latin America making Mandriva their preferred partner in that region, > introduction of Mandriva Flash, the first commercial Linux distribution > booting from a USB key. EU Commission funds r&d NEPOMUK project to > develop new semantic desktop technology. > > * 2007: 3M€ raised in a round led by European VC fund Occam, Linbox > acquisition. " > > > Note the word "acquisition" > > Definition from WordReference.com English dictionary > http://www.wordreference.com/definition/acquisition[2] > > "acquisition > A noun; > 1 acquisition > the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession > of > something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company > by another" > > Conectiva BOUGHT Mandrake not the other way around. > > There was a legal dispute with King Features/Hearst over the Mandrake > name, this you have right. But the name Mandriva is from the merging of > Mandrake and Conectiva. > > MANDRake-conectIVA - Mandriva. After the aquisition both distro names > disappeared becoming Mandriva a single distro. > > > > ~Devlin > > > > > Linux Canuck wrote: >> >> >> Devlin, >> Conectiva did not take over Mandrake, but the other way around. The name >> change was due to a dispute with King Features owned by Hearst over the >> use of the name Mandrake which is their trademarked name for a comic >> character, Mandrake the Magician. I believe that Mandrakesoft lost in >> court and had to change the name and logo. So the name change was long >> in the works and the acquisition of Conectiva in made it permanent in >> 2005. Mandrake became Mandrakelinux for a short time before they took >> over Conectiva. >> >> Yes, they went into bankrupcy protection but they emerged from it and >> managed to pay 2.3 million dollars US to Conectiva, a Brazilian company. >> Now they appear to be on solid footing. Both Conectiva and Mandrake were >> originally based on Red Hat, but Mandriva now is sufficiently diverged >> that it has spawned many of its own distro forks. >> >> Roy >> >> Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! >> Support Open source. >> <*,)}}+< >> Only dead fish go with the flow! >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try >> the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at >> http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php[3] >> <http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php[4]> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [email protected] & you will be > removed.Yahoo! 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