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Mandrakesoft gets a new name

In the wake of a trademark lawsuit and its acquisition of Conectiva, Linux seller Mandrakesoft is renaming itself Mandriva. The companies announced their intent... Read more

8 April, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Linux vendors move to standard platform

...companies Caldera International and Turbolinux, Germany's SuSE Linux and Brazil's Conectiva said that by the end of this year they will shift their... Read more

30 May, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Mandrakesoft makes acquisition

French Linux vendor Mandrakesoft is to acquire its Brazilian counterpart Conectiva, the French vendor announced on Thursday. Conectiva, founded in 1995, employs 60... Read more

24 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

How does UnitedLinux stack up against Red Hat?

...partners, the organisations that make up the UnitedLinux initiative -- SuSE Linux, Turbolinux, Conectiva, and The SCO Group (formerly Caldera) -- are hoping that their combined efforts... Read more

14 January, 2003 by Scott Lowe

UnitedLinux responds to licensing concerns

Conectiva, one of the four members contributing to the upcoming UnitedLinux operating system... Read more

23 September, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

UnitedLinux inches closer to OS goal

...Turbolinux and the SCO Group (formerly Caldera International) in the United States, Conectiva in Brazil, and SuSE in Germany, plans to create a uniform version... Read more

19 September, 2002 by Mike Ricciuti

Kernel maintainer backs UnitedLinux

...s claims to benefit the Linux world. Tosatti's Brazilian Linux distributor, Conectiva, recently said it would join its server software with that of Germany... Read more

5 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Mandrake takes UnitedLinux to task

...of UnitedLinux -- which will see a joint server distribution from Caldera International, Conectiva, Turbolinux and SuSE Linux -- that the merger is necessary to keep Linux... Read more

3 July, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Brazil to mandate open source use

...source software. But Jaques Rosenzvaig, the chief executive of Brazilian Linux vendor Conectiva, said the decree is unlikely to increase the use of open source... Read more

27 April, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

Mandriva aims for the enterprise

...and win more enterprise customers. Last year it acquired Brazilian Linux distributor Conectiva and on 14 September it released a revamp to its enterprise product... Read more

20 September, 2006 by Matthew Broersma

Mandriva virtualises enterprise server

...landed significant enterprise accounts in France, and in 2005 acquired Brazilian distributor Conectiva in a bid to expand into Latin America. Among Conectiva's accounts... Read more

18 September, 2006 by Matthew Broersma

Mandriva co-founder booted from Linux firm

...broadband Internet access." Mandriva, so named after MandrakeSoft acquired Brazilian Linux company Conectiva, has been struggling financially, but emerged from bankruptcy protection and became profitable... Read more

16 March, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin America

...formed when the French Linux vendor Mandrakesoft merged with its Brazilian counterpart Conectiva last year, said it will work with HP on sales, support and... Read more

18 January, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

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19 December, 2005 by Charles McLellan

Open source: Developing markets and anti-Americanism

...But Jaques Rosenzvaig, who was the chief executive of Brazilian Linux vendor Conectiva said in April that these laws have not affected the use of... Read more

14 November, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

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