Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 20:10:09 +0200
From: Gael Duval <gduval@mandrakesoft.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Linux-Mandrake Corporate Server 1.0 for Intel, SPARC and UltraSPARC/Sun 

Pasadena, September 4, 2000 - Beginning today, the Linux-Mandrake
Corporate Server 1.0 for Intel, SPARC and UltraSPARC/Sun processors is
available via different Internet servers (see
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3#corpo). 

"Our Linux-Mandrake Corporate Server 1.0 version provides the ideal
operating system for the majority of needs of the enterprise.  With
the innovations in the fields of configuration, administration,
ergonomics and utilization, Linux-Mandrake has every chance to become
the standard for the Linux system in the enterprise", says Henri
Poole, Chief Executive Officer of MandrakeSoft.

Summary of the specifics of Corporate Server 1.0:

Based on Linux-Mandrake 7.1, the Corporate Server 1.0 version,
delivered with the source code, possesses the same qualities that have
made previous MandrakeSoft versions so successful: power, stability,
ease of installation and ease of use.  In addition, it brings new
capabilities for configuring a server.

This professional version is designed to manage the extensive
functions of enterprise-level computing systems including the correct
placement of the operating system, the proper installation and
configuration of a Web server, a message server and a print file
server as well as an ensemble of other services and tools for network
administration.

Server management is optimized by:

 - A new journalized filesystem (Reiser FS)
 - The installation on multiple servers with the auto-install tool
 - The WizDrake tool which provides for the acceleration of different
services
 - A direct administration of most services (Web server, message
server, partition for Windows files, DHCP, DNS, etc.)  through the
Webmin Web Interface

The primary innovations are:

 - A highly evolved installation procedure
 - Configuration aids (WizDrake)
 - Server duplication (autoInstall)
 - Native version for Intel and SPARC processors

About MandrakeSoft

MandrakeSoft publishes the Linux-Mandrake operating system based on
open-source development (which provides free access to source code
published in accordance with a General Public License, or GPL). 
Several hundred developers throughout the world contribute to the
continuous improvement of the distribution product directly over the
Internet. This international developer community has given
Linux-Mandrake a product that is available in over 40 languages.

Linux-Mandrake is a complete system with a choice of several powerful,
pre-configured graphic interfaces (notably the leaders KDE and Gnome),
as well as more than 1,700 applications including Netscape
Communicator, StarOffice suite, and the Apache Web server.

In a testament to its success, MandrakeSoft received the awards for
"Best Product of the Year" and "Best Linux-Distribution/Server" at
LinuxWorld Expo 99, and the PC Answers Platinum Award in April 2000. 
The company has signed a strategic partnership with the American
publisher Macmillan, and a distribution agreement with Kasper in
Europe.  

For more information on Linux-Mandrake and additional products, please
visit us at: 

 http://www.linux-mandrake.com

For more information on Corporate Server 1.0, read: 

 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/corposerver.php3
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< Gael DUVAL work: http://www.mandrake.com >
< perso: http://mandrakesoft.com/~gduval/  >