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Mandriva Incorporated, formerly Mandrakesoft, develops a Linux operating system and desktop applications. Its Mandriva Linux product is available in over 40 languages. The firm provides customers across the enterprise, education, and government sectors with GNU Linux and other open source software. The company also offers clients support services. Mandriva products have won recognition from 'PC Answers' and 'Linux Magazine.' The company also distributes third-party open source programs. It offers enterprise and individual customers auditing, training, system maintenance, and technical support services. The services are provided by Mandriva and by Alcove, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, and other firms. The company has formed a strategic alliance with publisher Macmillan USA. Distribution partners include ACI, Info Networks, and Prism Opentech. Investors include AXA Placement Innovation, Viventures (Groupe Vivendi), Iliad Group, BBS Finance, France Innovation (ABN AMRO), and Azeo Ventures (Lazard Group). Mandriva maintains offices in France and in Moreno Valley, California. The firm employs over 100 people. It has technicians in over 20 countries. The company is traded on the Paris Euronext Marche Libre exchange under the 4477PA Euroclear code. It is traded on the OTC exchange under the MDKFF symbol. Mandriva supports the KDE League, GNOME Foundation, FSF Europe, Bastille Linux, and Plex86 software projects. The company was founded in 1998.
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