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Re: Mandrakesoft buys Conectiva (NO Linux X FreeBSD discussions!)
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Default Re: Mandrakesoft buys Conectiva (NO Linux X FreeBSD discussions!) - 27-02-2005

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Originally Posted by Pierre-Marie Baty
it's logical for a firm that is near bankruptcy to buy another one that works good... think about it, if the firm is bankrupted, it's because they don't sell enough, which means either they try to sell on the wrong sector or their products are crap... so instead of doing a costy switch (which would take a hell of a lot of time) better buying a firm whose products are well recognized and sell good already.
That makes sense... I guess... But, in this case, they don't sell the products, they sell the support. Maybe they're buying Conectiva to enlarge their consumer support basis. Do you agree?



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