Mandriva, which distributes Mandriva Linux, stuck a deal with Nigerian government to supply Classmate PCs with Mandriva installed. They shipped 17,000 machines initially. Mandriva, then heard a different story from the customer. According to the customer, they will pay for the Mandriva software as agreed, but will replace that with Windows afterwards. Now you know who must be behind this ugly reversal. Read Mandriva‘s Cheif Executive Francois’s open letter to Steve Ballmer in his blog.
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