14 DAY TRIAL // It is with sadness in our hearts that we inform you today, May 27, about the termination of the French Mandriva company, which is currently in the process of being liquidated, according to a notice posted on the societe.com website.
For those of you who are not in the loop, Mandriva was a French company responsible for the Mandriva Linux operating system, which was derived from the Mandrake Linux and Conectiva Linux distributions, the former being based on Red Hat Linux.
Despite the fact that the Mandriva company, which had over 16 years of activity and a workforce of 10 to 19 employees, generated €553,000 ($600,000) in revenue in 2013, it would appear that it was not enough for it to shine in 2015.
It is a known fact that the French company that gave us Mandriva Linux has had financial problems in the last years, as several employees quit to form the non-profit Mageia Foundation that delivers the Mageia Linux operating system, a fork of Mandriva Linux.
Jean-Manuel Croset, the CEO of Mandriva, updated the information on the societe.com website with a note that the company was in the process of being liquidated. Located in Paris, France, Mandriva was specialized in the industry of publishing system software and network.
Thank you for Mandriva Linux
On a personal note, I would like to thank the Mandriva company for creating, distributing, and maintaining the Mandriva Linux operating system for so many years. It was an excellent distribution, the first I've ever used in my life.
However, on a happier note, it is good to know that the Mandriva Linux operating system lives now in two other good forks, the OpenMandriva and Mageia distributions, which try to promote Mandriva to the new generation of Linux users.