Whither Mandriva?

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Whither Mandriva?

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Whither Mandriva?
Jake Edge wrote: The Mandriva distribution has suffered some serious blows over its lifetime. It has been in and out of bankruptcy, and has been, seemingly, perpetually on the brink of financial collapse over the last six years or more.
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Re: Whither Mandriva?

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NicCo wrote:Whither Mandriva?
Jake Edge wrote: The Mandriva distribution has suffered some serious blows over its lifetime. It has been in and out of bankruptcy, and has been, seemingly, perpetually on the brink of financial collapse over the last six years or more.
Oh, this is not the only most important part, in my opinion...

Also very interesting & instructive, and worthy of careful reading are the comments, especially proyvind's eye-opener.

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Per's on fire! :shock: I'm impressed with all the work on rpm, all the complexity. I'd like to believe Mandriva, along with new, improved rpm and urpmi, will rise from the ashes, again. Ho, ho, ho. :)
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