Aspen Systems Announces A Distribution Partnership With MandrakeSoft

Aspen Systems Announces A Distribution Partnership With MandrakeSoft
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Wheat Ridge, Colorado, November 10, 2003  Aspen Systems, Inc., a leader in 
the custom design, manufacture and service of a wide array of 
Linux(R)-based high performance computing solutions, announces today a 
distribution partnership with MandrakeSoft. Aspen Systems will enlarge its 
technology portfolio and will have the right to market, support and sell 
the MandrakeClustering Linux operating system in the United States.

As the MandrakeSoft U.S. Distributor, Aspen Systems provides full support 
of the operating system backed by support from MandrakeSoft’s original 
development team. This allows customers access to the years of development 
and expertise of both companies. Aspen Systems’ experienced integration and 
technical support team will receive specific training and technical support 
from MandrakeSoft, delivering Aspen Systems’ customers powerful solutions 
and top-of-the-line support for Beowulf clusters.

Steve Spring, CEO and Founder of Aspen Systems, states, "We believe that 
MandrakeSoft is one of the best choices for Linux-based operating systems 
on the market for high performance computing. Their technical expertise, 
support, and commitment to evolve and maintain MandrakeClustering OS is 
highly compatible with Aspen Systems’ ‘best-in-class’ products and 
technical support for our Beowulf cluster solutions. Offering 
MandrakeClustering software will allow us to deliver the best possible 
solutions for our customers' needs.”

“We feel that Aspen Systems and MandrakeSoft will leverage each other's 
strengths to provide customers with the latest in Linux-based high 
performance computing solutions. Together we will ensure that customers 
receive a revolutionary end product," stated Francois Bancilhon, CEO of 
MandrakeSoft. “The stability, reliability and advanced Beowulf clustering 
features of the MandrakeClustering software will provide Aspen Systems’ 
customers with powerful, well-supported, high performance computing 
solutions, featuring a standard platform for the creation and deployment of 
advanced Beowulf clustering applications."

About Aspen Systems
Aspen Systems, Inc., a privately held corporation, has been serving the 
high-performance, technical computing community with expertise in custom 
computer hardware design, manufacturing and service for over 20 
years.  Their expertise includes a variety of high-performance technical 
computing disciplines with emphasis on serving the needs of advanced 
technical computing users and corporations that use the most demanding 
applications.  Aspen Systems has built their reputation, as a leading 
provider of Beowulf clustering solutions by offering multiple 
configurations with a choice of processors and connectivity for specific 
performance needs.  First class technical support and state-of-the-art 
products allows Aspen Systems to create and support the high-performance 
solutions that customers in the Weather Modeling, Financial Modeling, 
Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Bio-tech, and Geophysics Research fields 
(among other compute-intensive parallel markets) demand.  For more 
information about Aspen Systems, visit their website at www.aspsys.com.

About MandrakeSoft
MandrakeSoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrake Linux operating 
system, one of the most full-featured and easy to use Linux systems 
available. The company offers its enterprise, government and educational 
customers a complete range of GNU/Linux and Open Source software and 
related services. MandrakeSoft products are available in more than 120 
countries through dedicated channels and also from MandrakeStore.com, the 
company's online store. Number 1 in several countries, MandrakeSoft has 
been awarded many times for quality and the technical innovation of its 
products. "Born on the Internet" in late 1998, MandrakeSoft has established 
headquarters in the U.S.A. and in France. MandrakeSoft is traded on Paris 
Euronext Marche Libre (Euroclear code: 4477.PA; Reuters code: MAKE.PA) and 
the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF).

Press Contacts:
Leslie Cook                                             Gaël Duval
Marcom Manager                                  Public Relations
Aspen Systems, Inc.                                     MandrakeSoft SA
(T) 303-431-4606                                        (E) 
gduval-AT-mandrakesoft.com(E) lesliec-AT-aspsys.com




Kind regards,
Leslie

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