Mandrakesoft Changes Name to Mandriva 458
joestar writes "Following its recent merger with Conectiva, Mandrakesoft has decided to change its name to 'Mandriva' for two reasons: "1. The recent Mandrakesoft - Conectiva merger calls for a new identity that better represents the combination of two key companies and their global presence. 2. The long-winding trademark lawsuit with Hearst Corporation has reached a point where we decided it is more reasonable for us to move forward.". Mandrake is dead, long life to Mandriva!"
Hmm (Score:2, Interesting)
In Mandriva company changes name to _________!
Re:Well (Score:5, Interesting)
A duck? A drake is a male duck, but a mandrake is a poisonous plant that is supposed to have magical powers, probably because it's root looks like a human figure. Didn't you ever play King's Quest?
Is there something I'm missing or is this duck thing just confusion because of the word "drake" being in the name?
Re:They can't be serious! (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Well (Score:5, Interesting)
(I can't believe that strip is still around! Do comic strips ever stop? Does anyone still read Barney Google or Rex Morgan?)
BTW, a somewhat more timeless mandrake reference is Genesis 30:14.
Condrake would've been better (Score:2, Interesting)
Really? (Score:5, Interesting)
Mandrake - root -- unix? Get it? Blech.
Re:Changing name over and over.. (Score:3, Interesting)
Connectiva, Mandrake (Score:2, Interesting)
How about Con-Man [sco.com]?
No, wait, crap. There's already a Con-Man [sco.com] Linux distro.
Should have chosen AndSoft (Score:2, Interesting)
The people that were to come up with a new name, wrote the two names up on a blackboard,
Íslandssími
og
Tal
(which means Íslandssími and Tal )
... knowing that they could use neither one as a name for the new company, and that that they had just partnered up with Vodafone.
So what did they do? They erased the names and were left with og (which means and).
The new company: Og Vodafone [ogvodafone.is], which basically means And Vodafone
So let's take Mandrake and Connectiva, take out the two names and let the new company be called: AndSoft!
Re:Represents WHAT??? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Well (Score:3, Interesting)
Maybe it's just me.
Pronounciation (Score:5, Interesting)
Mandriva; good pronounication in the scandivian languages, spanish, german, french and spanish.
Mandrake; good pronounication in english. >p> Majority of posters complain about pronounication :)