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Current Newswire: Bash Script To Find Free Online Fiction and Non-Fiction Books Public Key Crypto for Enterprise Users Analyzing TCP Disconnects On Linux Or Unix Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source Using Spawner To Populate SQL Database WiMAX Deal "Clears" Linux for Takeoff Nitrogen: A Background Setter For Lightweight Desktop Manager Technology, Innovation and the Challenge of the Missing Standards Red Hat Chief: 'Cheaper Generally Wins' Unix/Red Hat Systems Adminsitrator The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-PA-Lansdale Post A Job | Post A Resume ZDNet: Let the Mergers Begin Feb 26, 2005, 01 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6400 reads) (Other stories by Joe Brockmeier) "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 describe their products, but even as a joint venture the two companies are much smaller than either Red Hat or SUSE. "All I can say is it’s about time. The Linux distribution market has been in desperate need of consolidation for some time..." Complete Story Related Story: NewsForge: Musings on the MandrakeSoft-Conectiva Merger(Feb 25, 2005) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Closed Thinking. . .    GH Feb 26, 2005, 02:01:16     which one ?    patrick_darcy Feb 26, 2005, 03:41:41     Less-on or more-on?    Eric Laffoon Feb 26, 2005, 06:19:27     Re: which one ?    gnulinux1234 Feb 26, 2005, 08:08:53     Currently I have installed...    Charles Hixson Feb 26, 2005, 09:58:52     Zero-sum thinking    Bob Robertson Feb 26, 2005, 15:15:18     Consolidation isn't necessarily bad    Anil Wang Feb 27, 2005, 06:07:59     not an open mentality    acyberpunk Feb 28, 2005, 16:01:38     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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