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  • Mandriva: 'Not Our Job to Pay Protection Money'

    06/26/2007 8:26:31 AM PDT · by N3WBI3 · 5 replies · 190+ views
    Mandriva ^ | 2007-06-19 | François Bancilhon
    Novell, Xandros and Linspire have signed well publicized agreements with Microsoft. Rumors on the Web have hinted that we might be next on the list. So we would like to clarify our position. At Mandriva, we believe working in heterogeneous environments is essential to our customers. So, interoperability between the Windows and Linux world is important and must be dealt with, and anything that helps this interoperability is a good thing. We also believe the best way to deal with interoperability is open standards, such as ODF which we support strongly and we are ready to cooperate with everyone on...