Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter - Issue #93

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                   Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter

                       Issue # 93   July 13, 2004

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Welcome to the Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter -- dedicated to
keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrakelinux-related news &
info.

Inside this Issue:

    * Sponsor of the Week -- Thawte Starter PKI Program
    * Top Story -- Mandrakesoft acquires Edge IT
    * Market News -- Mandrakelinux in the US
    * Financial Corner -- KBC securities rates Mandrakesoft stock
    * Mandrakesoft in the news-- Open Source focus in the French 	 
  Government
    * Mandrakeclub -- New RPMs released and Mandrakecampus unveiled
    * Software Updates -- Security Advisory on Kernel
    * Quick Reminder -- Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official Products & New 	 
    goodies
    * Call to English writer! -- English-speaking Editor WANTED


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Top Story
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Mandrakesoft acquires Edge IT

Mandrakesoft has acquired Edge IT an open source tech support and
services company. This will bring on board the expertise of Edge IT
in the support offerings from Mandrakesoft. Edge IT already counts
OECD, the world economic organization, Fondation Nationale des
Sciences Politiques, a French Political Science School, and Prisma
Presse, a publishing company, among its customers. More
details are available here.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/corporate/2487


Market News
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Mandrakelinux in the US

O'Reilly Media is now a U.S. and Canadian reseller
for Mandrakesoft.O'Reilly is reselling two English-language
versions of Mandrakelinux 10.0 (the newest release)--Mandrakelinux
Discovery 10.0 and Mandrakelinux PowerPack 10.0. Both versions are
available at bookstores nationwide, and can also be ordered directly
from O'Reilly.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n=/pr/business/2482


Financial Corner
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KBC securities rates Mandrakesoft stock

KBC securities has initiated coverage of the Mandrakesoft stock with
an outperformance rating. More on this report at:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/docs


Mandrakesoft in the news
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Open Source focus in the French Government

France's cash-strapped government is giving alternative software firms
the chance to win state business from Microsoft in a pioneering drive
to challenge the U.S. software giant in the public sector. Civil
service minister Renaud Dutreil told Reuters that France wanted to
use "open-source" software providers to upgrade part of the almost
one million state computers under a government cost-cutting drive
designed to trim a bulging public deficit. Open-source software --
open software which has no license cost -- like Linux , OpenOffice,
Mozilla, Apache, MySQL and Evolution -- was "very credible," Dutreil
said. Read
more.

It would be interesting to note that Mandrakesoft has signed a
contract with the Ministry of Equipment in the French Government for
a large deployment of servers to replace Windows NT. France's
Culture, Agriculture and Finance ministries have already signed deals
with Mandrakesoft.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040618/tc_nm/tech_france_microsoft_dc_2


Mandrakeclub
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New RPMs released and Mandrakecampus unveiled

OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 and Mozilla 1.7 packages are now available for
download on Mandrakeclub. Also unveiled is Mandrakecampus, a new
e-learning tool for Linux Administration created with our partner
Integrale Vision. Available
exclusively for Mandrakeclub members.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com


Software Updates
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Security Advisory on Kernel

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel that
are corrected with this update:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSa-2004:066

Other updates:

* tripwire
* autofs
* apache
* apache2
* libpng
* initscripts
* dhcp
* ksymoops

Click here for all advisories:
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories


Quick Reminder !
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Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official Products & New goodies

Don't forget: you'll find all new Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official products
at http://www.mandrakestore.com. Choose from the new range of pack
and offers, from the Discovery desktop product to the Powerpack+
which includes a full client/server groupware solution, and several
bundles with new extra Mandrakesoft goodies!

Do you have a good bandwidth? Don't wait:
subscribe to Mandrakeclub and download on the fly all your favorite
Official Mandrakelinux products and many applications...
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/club/


Call to English writer!
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English-speaking Editor WANTED

Phil Lavigna who was the writer of this newsletter (among many other
publishing works for Mandrakesoft, including the early Demos...) has
left the company, and we thank you for his great work during these
latest years!

Now it's time for us to challenge your writing skills and find
someone as talended as Phil is...

Are you a good English writer with a simple style? Often available
with a good Internet connexion? We want you for many editorial tasks
at Mandrakesoft, on a part-time/consultant basis. This includes
writing and managing this Weekly Newsletter and other Flash Newsletters
and proofreading English contents. English should be your mother-tongue,
and good Linux knowledge is required - of course!

Are you interested? Apply for the job or request additional
informations by sending us an email to: press at mandrakesoft dot com
(note: due to summer hols, answers to late questions may be delayed
for 2 weeks).

      Mandrakesoft Online Team.


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