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Mandriva not happy with Microsoft's acting in Nigeria deal
Tuesday, 06 November 2007 01:24
AMD Phenom will launch later this month, and with the frequencies being revised (read lowered) just before the upcoming unveilment, the prices of the processors have become even more important. Several stores and distributors have listed the three Phenom processors and even estimated the launch dates of not only the 9500 (2.2 GHz) and 9600 (2.3 GHz) models, which are expected to arrive on November 19th, but also the 9700 model (2.4 GHz) which is slated for December 14th. Prices of the three models are expected to be somewhere around $260, $290 and $320 dollars. This is about the same price range as Intel's Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, which runs at 2.4 GHz; $266.

A while back Nigeria decided to sign an agreement with Mandriva for an initial shipment of 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs with a customized Mandriva operating system. The Nigerian government was looking for an affordable hardware and software solution for its educational system, and found one in Mandriva and the Classmate PC. However shortly after that Mandriva received notice from the Nigerian Government saying "we shall pay for the Mandriva Software as agreed, but we shall replace it by Windows afterward."

In an open letter to Steve Ballmer, Francois Bancilhon of Mandriva tells an ugly tale well worth reading. However, there is a lot of information lacking though, and we haven't heard everything yet, but the if it's true it's a certainly sad behavior from a company like Microsoft.

In a story over at TheInq, Bancilhon speaks up about the affair and even though the story doesn't tell us the end, it seems were in for a debacle not seen in a long time.