MANDRAKESOFT ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF LINUX-MANDRAKE ON SUN
ULTRASPARC(TM) PLATFORMS
PARIS, Feb 2, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- MandrakeSoft, the
publisher of the user-friendly Linux-Mandrake operating system, today
announced that its award winning operating system, Linux-Mandrake 7.0,
is now available on the UltraSPARC platform. This port will
significantly expand the reach of Linux-Mandrake within the enterprise.
MandrakeSoft will be showcasing the beta version of its Linux-Mandrake
7.0 operating system for UltraSPARC at the LinuxWorld Expo, Paris.
"With Linux-Mandrake on the Sun UltraSPARC(TM) platform, both our
customer-base will benefit from our stable and user-friendly operating
system running on the reliable and powerful 64 bit UltraSPARC processor,
" said Jacques Le Marois, President of MandrakeSoft. "We are excited to
bring Linux-Mandrake to enterprise servers and ultimately to the
corporate world with the support of Sun Microsystems."
"Sun is pleased that MandrakeSoft has chosen to port its Linux-Mandrake
operating system to our SPARC based systems," said Tai Patwardhan,
Market Sector Manager for Internet and Service Provider Solutions, Sun
Microsystems' Microelectronics. "Linux users can now enjoy Mandrake's
advanced features on Sun's proven scalable and reliable UltraSPARC
processor architecture."
About MandrakeSoft and The Open Development Model force. Born of the
Internet, with offices in both USA and France, MandrakeSoft attributes
the development of its Linux distribution to the contributions of
thousands of developers throughout the world linked by the Internet.
This world-wide effort is constantly adopted and improved by
MandrakeSoft's own technical teams to provide one of the most complete
and simple graphical Linux operating system available. The company has
signed a strategic partnership agreement with the US publisher
MacMillan, and a distribution agreement with Kasper. For more
information on Linux-Mandrake and additional products, please visit the
Company at linux-mandrake.com.
NOTE: Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Mandrake and
Linux-Mandrake are trademarks of MandrakeSoft. All other trademarks and
copyrights are owned by their respective companies.
SOURCE MandrakeSoft
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