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(Toronto, ON - Paris, France, Mar. 1, 2005): The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the premier Linux certification organization, worldwide (http://www.lpi.org), announced today that it has partnered with Mandrakesoft, creators of the Mandrakelinux distribution, to strengthen and promote the adoption of standard, vendor-neutral, Linux certification and training materials.

Paris, France; October 12th 2004;

In 2003, at the World Summit on the Information Society, representatives of the international community made the bridging of the North/South information gap their primary goal. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the ADEN cooperation program, and Mandrakesoft, European leader in Linux systems, intend to put Open Source software at the service of this goal. The ADEN pack is an economical and flexible solution for Internet centers of the South.

ADEN : To Connect, Train and Produce

ADEN's aim is to foster the development and use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa through the creation of a network of public Internet access points. ADEN will set up sixty public Internet access points, train instructors, provide a suitable environment for local content and software production. The general aim is to create favorable conditions for the exchange of ideas and skills and encourage inter-cultural dialogue.

For ADEN to attain its goal an easy-to-use, multi-lingual and adaptable software solution was needed. The Open Source ADEN Mandrakelinux pack has been designed with those very constraints in mind.

The ADEN Mandrakelinux pack : an Open Source solution for digital inclusion

Volunteers from every country collaborate in the writing of free software, software that everyone is free to use, modify and redistribute. Mandrakesoft's own Mandrakelinux Operating System is itself Open Source software. Its open mode of development along with the company's experience and skills allow Mandrakesoft to produce stable, high-performance and easy-to-use products.

The ADEN-Mandrakelinux pack is built around a version of Mandrakelinux customized for use in an access point environment it is meant to be just as easy to set up and administer as to use. The pack will evolve according to feedback from field-workers, administrators and users. The ADEN website will centralize those reports and Mandrakesoft will analyze them. From the programmer to the end-user, the worldwide community of free and Open Source software, and particularly that part of the community that resides in countries of the South, will drive the development process to fit the product to their needs.

Mandrakesoft is of course very proud to be part of ADEN, comments François Bancilhon, Mandrakesoft CEO. It's in everyone's interest to see modern communication technologies spread to every part of the world. To put our skills at the service of that cause is only natural. And there's one very interesting thing going one here that's how Linux and Free Software in general are adaptive. They're used in environments as different as that of a large commercial bank in Singapore and a cybercafé in Burkina-Faso. Free Software is becoming the lingua franca of the world information society.

The African instructors, coming from 13 English, French and Portuguese-speaking countries, will help set up the ADEN access points starting in 2004. They will be the first to discover and test the ADEN pack in November in Yaoundé (Cameroon). The pack will then be available as a free download from Mandrakelinux and ADEN websites.

About Mandrakesoft

Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrakelinux 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 won many awards for quality and technical innovation. "Born on the Internet" in late 1998, Mandrakesoft has offices in the United States and France. Mandrakesoft is traded on Paris Euronext March Libre (ISIN Code: FR0004159382/MLMAN; Reuters code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF).

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Mandrakesoft, the world-renown publisher of the Mandrakelinux distribution, and newly born NeoDoc, founded by Mandrakesoft's former documentation team, are pleased to announce that NeoDoc will write the documentation and subsequent translations for the 10.1 edition of the review-acclaimed product, which is due out in the fall. NeoDoc's primary goal is to provide companies and organizations with documentation related to Open Source projects in the corporate, educational and end-user markets, as well as with government agencies.

Groupe Silicomp and Mandrakesoft join their efforts starting today to target the embedded systems market at wide: automobile, payment terminals, household electronics, industrial or medical equipments, defense systems, etc. As many sectors of concern to everybody.

Mandrakesoft, publisher of the popular Linux distribution Mandrakelinux now comes with NX Client on board.

ROME, Italy, June 17th, 2004 - Mandrakesoft, publisher of the popular Linux distribution Mandrakelinux now comes with NX Client on board. NoMachine's NX Client for Linux will be distributed with Mandrakelinux 10 Official, Mandrakesoft's newest desktop Linux release dedicated to ISV software.

CULVER CITY, CA and PARIS -- 06/10/2004 -- Codehost Inc., the leading provider of Linux and Unix printing solutions, and Mandrakesoft (OTC: MDKFF), publisher of the popular Linux distribution Mandrakelinux announced a cooperative partnership today. Codehost's advanced Linux and Unix printing solution, BrightQ, will be distributed with Mandrakelinux 10, Mandrakesoft's newest desktop Linux release.

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NETRAVERSE AND MANDRAKESOFT TEAM TO OFFER BROAD BASED WINDOWS TO LINUX MIGRATION PLATFORM.

Paris, France and Austin Texas - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - NeTraverse and Mandrakesoft announced today the formation of a strategic alliance to bring award-winning Windows-to-Linux migration capabilities to users and organizations contemplating Linux solutions but have dependencies on legacy Windows applications.

The popular Win4Lin and Win4Lin Terminal Server products allow organizations that are enthusiastic about the significant cost, security and reliability improvements to be had from using Linux, but have been reluctant to make the move due to the perceived inability of Linux to run custom or legacy Windows applications, to smoothly and inexpensively bridge their critical custom and legacy Windows applications to Linux. Win4Lin not only runs all of your Windows business applications on Linux, it also runs them with snappy performance and true Windows fidelity. By running an actual copy of Windows in a Linux process, Win4Lin runs all of your Windows applications without any need for re-write, configuring or enduring quirky behavior. Win4Lin is also extremely resource-efficient as it runs on a wide range of x86-based machines and requires a modest memory footprint. In most cases, users do not need to replace or upgrade their hardware to run Win4Lin.

"Mandrakesoft has a long history of providing popular Linux desktops and servers known for their ease of use. NeTraverse is pleased to announce that Mandrake 10.0 will be fully supported for the Win4Lin Terminal Server and Workstation products. We think that there is no solution better for desktop computing than a fully integrated Windows and Linux application environment." said Jim Curtin, CEO of NeTraverse.

"Migrating users from the Windows world to the Mandrakelinux open world has been and remains our ambition. NeTraverse products provide an excellent opportunity to suppress one of the last remaining barriers for major Linux adoption, by offering the opportunity to use Windows applications under Linux, and thus making the transition smoother", said François Bancilhon, CEO of Mandrakesoft.

NeTraverse's Win4Lin Terminal server and Win4Lin Workstation Edition are two of the best ways to migrate your Windows applications to Linux. Both solutions are certified for Mandrake 10.0 and offer a robust client server implementation or desktop offering to preserve those applications users and organizations have come to depend on. Win4Lin is a critical part of any Windows-to-Linux migration as it leverages your existing IT investment and offers a pathway to a cost effective, highly available Linux-based environment.

The Mandrake Linux operating system employs a graphical approach to system administration, in addition to the command line, which advances the integration and management of a user interface the furthest to dispel the image of a Linux system, managed only via command line or text mode. Furthermore, Mandrake Linux offers the most advanced and efficient hardware detection system for detecting different hardware.

Mandrake and NeTraverse have worked together to ensure that the once intimidating task of implementing Linux is as easy as implementing any other mass market solution. With the latest release of Mandrake and the complimentary Win4Lin technology no computer user is without a choice in how they choose to perform their desktop computing.

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About Mandrakesoft

Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrakelinux 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 Mandrake Store.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).

About NeTraverse

NeTraverse Inc., is the market leader in bridging Windows® to Linux® with over 800,000 users worldwide. Providing thin-client software solutions on the Linux and UNIX platform, NeTraverse offers innovative products and services to facilitate the seamless migration from Windows to Linux and lower the cost of enterprise IT infrastructure. NeTraverse products include Win4Lin Workstation, Win4Lin Terminal Server and Merge. Headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit http://www.netraverse.com. ###

Altadena, CA; Paris, France - May 6th, 2004 - Mandrakesoft today announced improved partner relationships with Independent Software Vendors and the inclusion of a carefully selected collection of third-party software for the recently released Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official range of retail packs.

Mandrakelinux retail packs not only provide a best-of-breed assortment of the most up-to-date Open Source applications, but also gives customers the opportunity to evaluate a wide selection of the most in-demand commercial software.

"We at Mandrakesoft constantly strive to better accommodate our customer's needs, which means providing software solutions and features that may not have immediate Open Source equivalents. By promoting ISV applications we can deliver a valuable benefit to many members of the Linux community." explained Paul Guillet, Director of Sales at Mandrakesoft.

The ISV software provided with Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official addresses areas such as support for certain Winmodems, emulators for running Windows applications, anti-virus software, games, plus many others. "The range of third-party software included in our retail packs has been carefully selected for the highest level of quality. These applications have also been validated by our Quality Assistance team to assure the customer that software purchased from us will be interoperable with Mandrakelinux." said Paul Guillet.

The majority of commercial software in Mandrakelinux retail packs are full-featured demonstration versions. This enables the customer to evaluate an application without the risk of purchasing a product that doesn't answer his or her specific needs. And since several applications are often included for the same task, a customer can compare competing products to help choose the one that's best suited for him or for her. Complete versions of ISV software (including licenses) may be purchased at Mandrakesoft's online store.

Mandrakeclub members also benefit from improved relations with ISVs since RPM packages of all third-party software can be downloaded from the Mandrakeclub website. Additionally, Mandrakesoft will offer periodic discounts and promotions beginning in May 2004, exclusively for Mandrakeclub members. "We are glad to announce that starting on May 4th, Netraverse's Win4Lin will be available to Mandrakeclub members with a generous 20% discount. We are also planning a similar promotion for Arkeia's Backup solution in June. Our goal is to offer a leading ISV application with special advantageous terms each month as a benefit to Club membership." concludes Paul Guillet.

For a listing of commercial software available in Mandrakelinux 10.0 retail packs, please see the following:
https://mandriva.com/products/10/isv

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Gaël Duval
press at mandrakesoft dot com

About Mandrakesoft

Mandrakesoft is the publisher of the popular Mandrakelinux 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 won many awards for quality and technical innovation. "Born on the Internet" in late 1998, Mandrakesoft has offices in the United States and France. Mandrakesoft is traded on Paris Euronext Marché Libre (ISIN Code: FR0004159382/MLMAN; Reuters code: MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF).

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MandrakeSoft has a rich history of cooperative R&D projects. Since the early days of the company, MandrakeSoft has always heavily invested in research and development. This was done either internally, or in cooperation with partners bringing complementary technology. Examples of such projects are CLIC, with INRIA-IMAG and Bull, where we developed some of our clustering technology, and Open Router, with InAccess Network, the CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique) and Archimedia, where we developed some of our firewall technology. Aware of the fact that we need to increase this effort to improve our competitiveness on the market place, we want to organize other such projects.

Partnership to Deliver Volume Market Opportunities for ISVs, OEMs, VARs, PC and Server Hardware Vendors, Partners and Customers with Industrial Strength Linux Solutions, Affordable Linux Desktops and Robust Linux Servers on 32/64-bit Intel and AMD Processors.

Singapore - February, 13th 2004 - With this announcement, MandrakeSoft will be partnering with TechWorx Solutions Pte Ltd, an Asian-based Linux Solutions Provider to expand its product reach to Asia-Pacific where Linux is gaining momentum on the desktop and server market.

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Paris, France; Bangalore, INDIA - January 21st, 2004 - MandrakeSoft and G.T.Enterprises today announced an agreement to distribute Mandrake Linux products to India and Asia. As part of this agreement, G.T.Enterprises will market and promote Mandrake Linux OEM to be preloaded with Linux PCs in the Indian and Asian markets.

2002/09/17 - Storever and MandrakeSoft announce a new world record of density for 1U rack servers. The Storever OpenChassis allows to host 7 (seven) x86 compatible OpenBrick micro-servers in 1U. Thanks to OpenChassis, the raw cost of dedicated hosting of a professional dynamic site on a broadband 100 Mbps connection is now less than 7 EUR per month and even less in USD.
OpenBrick micro-servers pre-installed with the Mandrake GNU/Linux distribution and provided with 1 year hosting service will be distributed on the Storever and MandrakeStore online shops in the next few weeks.

Linux Native Office Suite Added to MandrakeStore.

Seoul, August 30, 2002 -- Hancom Linux, a leading provider of productivity solutions for Linux and PDAs, today announced the reseller partnership with MandrakeSoft.

Altadena, CA - August 8th 2002 - MandrakeSoft, a leading worldwide publisher of the Linux operating system, announced today that IBM will demonstrate its DB2 database software on Mandrake Linux systems during the upcoming LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco from August 12-15, 2002. MandrakeSoft also announced that it will distribute DB2 with its future server products.

-To provide customers with a powerful, scalable 64-bit Linux distribution with native 32-bit compatibility-

Atadena, Paris - June 27, 2002, MandrakeSoft today announced they are cooperating with AMD to port Mandrake Linux to the forthcoming eighth-generation AMD AthlonTM and AMD OpteronTM processor-based platforms.

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Paris - June 3, 2002 - Xerox today announced that it has selected the Mandrake Linux operating system for its XES (Xerox Engineering Systems) department, which will deploy Mandrake Linux for customers and clients interested in digital printing solutions based on Caldera Graphics RIP. Almost 160 servers, 95% of the computer farm used by Xerox's Graphic Arts department, run under the combination Mandrake Linux /Caldera Graphics RIP.

Altadena - March 27 2002 - MandrakeSoft today announced that the new version of the premier Office Suite for Linux, StarOffice 6.0, is immediately available as a download for Mandrake Linux Club Members. As part of its relationship with Sun, MandrakeSoft has been selected to distribute StarOffice 6.0. MandrakeSoft is offering the download service to MandrakeClub "Silver" members (and above). To provide Mandrake Club members the opportunity to reach Silver status, MandrakeSoft has set up a simple upgrade procedure.

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London, UK, December 21, 2001 - MandrakeSoft, publisher of the powerful and user-friendly Mandrake Linux operating system, announced today they will deliver a fully supported Linux distribution for IBM eServer xSeries, IBM's Intel-based server targetted at small businesses through to large enterprises.

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London, Paris, 25th June 2001 - In an important move to deliver comprehensive and powerful Linux business solutions to the enterprise market and following IBM Server Proven certification of the award-winning Mandrake Linux distribution and Ayrtek eBoxit software on its xSeries Intel server range, MandrakeSoft today announced its partnership with Ayrtek, a leading e-business solutions provider, to market a range of fully integrated business applications with an internet architecture built over Linux.

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Pasadena, Paris, 10 may 2001 - Following IBM certification of the Linux-Mandrake distribution on its xSeries Intel server range, MandrakeSoft today announced its partnership with LOGIX, a European leader in e-business infrastructure solutions, to market xSeries 330 servers pre-loaded with Linux-Mandrake Corporate Server to its extensive reseller network in France and Belgium. LOGIX's Linux-Mandrake R2R servers provide ideal solutions for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Web server, application hosting and server application clusters arenas.

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