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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Mandriva Has No Case Against Microsoft On Intel's Classmate PCs in Nigeria

The name of Nigeria is being dragged into the mud by François Bancilhon, the CEO of Mandriva, the French vendor of Linux, who alleged that Microsoft snatched a Nigerian contract from Mandriva in his "open letter to Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft.

François Bancilhon said they closed a deal with the Nigerian Government for affordable hardware+software solution for Nigerian schools, to install Mandriva Linux in 17,000 Classmate PCs from Intel. But were surprised when Nigeria dropped their Mandriva Linux and decided to install Windows OS.

I have investigated this matter and to be honest and transparent, Mandriva's CEO François Bancilhon, did not tell the whole truth on this deal.

Please, see "Intel Donates 3, 000 Classmate PCs To Nigeria", to understand the background of this case.

Microsoft has no business with Mandriva in this case and François Bancilhon's "open letter to Steve Ballmer, is totally a waste of time.

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