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MandrakeSoft Shareholder Newsletter

The third quarter MandrakeSoft Shareholder Newsletter is out. The company's revenues were EUR 1.6 million over the quarter, up from EUR 1.2 million a year ago. It is a good sign for MandrakeSoft that it is able to increase revenues in these difficult times. "The company's growth is mainly due to the success of new revenue lines: MandrakeStore, OEM and the Mandrake Linux Users Club totalled 35% of the 3rd quarter revenue."

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Evans Data Corp. study on Chinese software development market

Evans Data has put out a press release announcing its new study of the Chinese software development market. "Although the largest group of Chinese developers still target Windows 9x, more than two-thirds expect to write apps for Linux in the next year."

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Linux Stock Index for July 12 to July 17, 2002

LSI at closing on July 12, 2002 ... 22.42
LSI at closing on July 17, 2002 ... 22.48

The high for the week was 22.48
The low for the week was 22.34

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Press Releases

Open Source Announcements

• OneName Corporation (SEATTLE): OneName Releases the XNS Technical Specifications.

• Open CASCADE (PARIS): A New Shape Healer Application from Open CASCADE Facilitates Correction of CAD Data.

• Trabas (Jakarta, Indonesia): Trabas has open-sourced Trabas VoIP Billing.

Distributions and Bundled Products

• Guardian Digital, Inc. (Saddle River, NJ): "Project Volition" provides savings on Guardian Digital products.

• Lindows.com, Inc. (San Diego): Lindows.com Adds First Commercial Offering: Sun StarOffice 6.0; Complete Business Solution Added to Click-N-Run Warehouse.

• MandrakeSoft, Inc. (ALTADENA, CA): MandrakeSoft, Inc. and Microtel Computer Systems Announce Agreement to Offer Pre-Loaded PCs With Mandrake Linux(R) Now Available at Walmart.com(R).

• Solid Information Technology Corp. (MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.): Solid FlowEngine Certified as the Preferred Embeddable Data Management Solution for Leading Linux Provider.

Software for Linux

• Alias/Wavefront (TORONTO): Alias/Wavefront Announces Maya 4.5 - Innovative Fluid Effects Technology Brings Solutions to Some of CG's Most Difficult Challenges.

• Art & Logic, Inc. (GLENDALE, Calif.): Embedded Web Server Toolkit Enables HTML and Flash(TM) User Interfaces.

• BSM Development (Norwood, MA): New Mail Filtering Software Is Released -- Combats Viruses and Spam.

• Bynari (DALLAS): Bynari Inc. Maker of Exchange Replacement Software Going Open Source.

• CORE SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES (NEW YORK): Core Security Technologies Delivers Advanced Solution for Network Risk Assessment.

• Check Point Software Technologies (REDWOOD CITY, Calif.): Check Point Announces Worldwide Agreement With HP; Customers to Benefit from End-to-End Security Through Integrated Check Point and HP Solutions.

• Cumulus (NEW YORK): Canto Releases Free Cumulus Upgrade.

• High Tower Software (ALISO VIEJO, Calif.): High Tower Software Introduces TowerView Security for Real-Time Response to Enterprise Attacks.

• PKWARE, Inc. (BROWN DEER, Wis.): PKWARE Announces Security-Enabled PKZIP 5.0.

• PoliVec (MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.): PoliVec Introduces PoliVec Builder 2.5 To Provide More Complete Security Policy Automation Solution.

• Symantec (CUPERTINO, Calif.): Symantec First to Offer Antivirus Solution to Lotus Domino for Linux; Symantec's Antivirus Solution Now Protects Full Range of Groupware Systems from New and Unknown Threats.

• Syspro (COSTA MESA, Calif.): Syspro Launches IMPACT Encore e.net Solutions.

Hardware with Linux support

• AMD (SAN JOSE, Calif.): Top Tool Vendors Announce Support for Upcoming AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon Processors Based On Hammer Technology.

• Videolocity International Inc. (SALT LAKE CITY): Videolocity Announces Integration of Digital Entertainment System Into 27'' TV Set.

Cross Platform/Porting Product

• InterNetworX Systems (BROOKFIELD, Wis.): Linux vs. Microsoft Windows? - Now Small Manufacturers Don't Have to Choose.

• MigraTEC (DALLAS): MigraTEC Launches 64Express for the Upcoming Eighth-Generation AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon Processors.

Linux at Work

• Linux NetworX (Salt Lake City): World's Fastest Linux Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Java Products

• Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SANTA CLARA, Calif.): Sun Microsystems Broadens Availability of Sun(TM) ONE Studio Tools For Education and Research Organizations.

• VistaPortal Software, Inc. (LEXINGTON, Mass.): VistaPortal Announces VistaView for Peer-to-Peer Visualization and Reporting of Data for Knowledge Management; Peer-to-Peer Personal Portal with Reporting Capabilities.

Books and Documentation

• No Starch Press (San Francisco, CA): Absolute BSD, released by No Starch Press.

• Wiley & Sons Publishing (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.): Curl Programming Bible Promotes Client-Side Cool; Definitive Guide to Industry's First Client/Web Platform Supports Groundswell of Curl Adoption, Web-Enabled Enterprise.

Training and Certification

• Cumulus (NEW YORK): Canto Introduces Cumulus JAVA Classes.

• LynuxWorks, Inc. (SAN JOSE, Calif.): LynuxWorks to Hold LynxOS 4.0 Seminars.

Partnerships

• CollabNet (BRISBANE, Calif.): CollabNet Extends SourceCast to Korea Through Exclusive Partnership With Nextel-Korea.

• Dice Inc. (NEW YORK): Dice to Develop and Power Career Center for OSDN.

• Egenera Inc. (MARLBORO, Mass.): Egenera Inc. Launches Alliance Program; Relationships with Industry Leaders Drive Exceptional Customer Value.

• Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO): Hitachi Joins Eclipse; Hitachi Announces Support for the Open Source Eclipse Platform for Tools Integration.

• MontaVista Software Inc. (SUNNYVALE, Calif.): MontaVista Announces Distributor in Korea.

Investments and Acquisitions

• Linuxwizardry Systems, Inc. (RICHMOND, British Columbia): Acquisition of a Sports Collectible Company Being Negotiated.

Miscellaneous

• Caldera International, Inc. (LINDON, Utah): Caldera Linux and Unix Solutions Come to Life At GeoFORUM 2002: Powerful Choices.

• Fusion Systems International (PORTLAND, Ore.): LDR International Restructures, Creates Fusion Systems International - A Global Prepress Systems Integrator.

• IEEE Computer Society (PALO ALTO, Calif.): IEEE Computer Society to Hold First Bioinformatics Conference; International Conference at Stanford University Draws Presentations From 18 Countries.

• Lindows.com (SAN DIEGO, CA): Lindows.com Clicky Awards to Give Away More than $50,000 to Linux Program Creators; The Best of the Best to be Honored in Six Categories.

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