Mandriva to target the Mexican market

Paris, Mexico, December 20 2006 - Mexican local office begins
operations in order to offer Mandriva Linux solutions to organizations
and people all over the country.

It is a fact: Mexico is joining the world's enthusiasm for open source
technologies. Linux plays a key role in over 16,000 small and medium
businesses in this country, and well-known Mexican corporate groups,
such as Comision Federal de Electricidad (the largest supplier of
electrical power), employ open source.

Recent studies show that about 34% of servers in Mexico will be
Linux-based in 2009 and annual usage growth is estimated to be over
10% for upcoming years.

Surrounded by this vibrant technological environment, Mandriva, the
global Linux distributor, and its local partner Datacomms-Genesys
reached an agreement to establish a subsidiary company (Mandriva
Mexico) which brings open source products and services closer to the
Mexican market.

To achieve this goal, Mandriva Mexico outlined a strategy based on
three key actions:

- The development of a nationwide support network
- Offering training events for organizations, people and associates
- Making Mandriva products available through Mexican OEMs and VARs

This approach will provide IT assets to companies, government entities
and individuals who may benefit from Mandriva Linux-based tools, the
availability of skilled local support and high quality training.

This announcement comes right after the release of Mandriva Linux 2007
and Corporate Server 4.0 as a reinforcement of Mandriva and
Datacomms-Genesys commitment to the Mexican open source community.

About Datacomms-Genesys
Datacomms-Genesys, a Mexican company, has been Mandriva partner since
2003. Its base of customers extends from small business to medium and
corporate accounts to whom offers a broad range of IT products and
services. Its staff has played an active role as enthusiastic
supporter of open-source technology from its beginnings and has been
engaged with unix-like operating systems for over 20 years.  More
information at: www.datacomms.com.mx / www.genesys.com.mx

About Mandriva
Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of the
popular Mandriva Linux operating system, one of the most full-featured
and easy to use Linux systems. The company offers its enterprise,
government, and educational customers a complete range of GNU/Linux
and open source software and related services. Mandriva products are
available in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels and
also from Mandriva Store, the company's online store. Born in 1998,
the company has offices in the United States, France and Brazil.  More
information at: www.mandriva.com

Press contatcs

Datacomms-Genesys
Mexico City: (55) 5905-6151
Queretaro, Qro.: (442) 242-3100
Toll free (Mexico): 01 (800) 55-LINUX

Mandriva
Celine Harrand - leeloo@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 97 29
Emilie Ngo-van Do - engovando@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 67 67
Guillaume Martin - gmartin@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 17 64

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