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MandrakeSoft is a French software company, and creator of Mandrake Linux. Describing itself as a "project initiator and a skills organizer in the Open Source arena", MandrakeSoft is also founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium.

MandrakeSoft was created in 1998, and has offices in the USA and France. The management team consists of:

Jacques Le Marois, Chairman, Co-founder
François Bancilhon, Chief Executive Officer
Paul Guillet, Sales
Thierry Bossut, Administration & Finance
Gaël Duval, Communication, Co-founder, Creator of Mandrake Linux

MandrakeSoft operated under bankruptcy protection from January 27, 2003 to March 30, 2004. Despite its efforts to cut losses and improve profits, MandrakeSoft was forced to file for protection due to a series of quarterly losses. The déclaration de cessation des paiements (similar to the US Chapter 11) gave the company protection from its creditors. Mandrakesoft recorded its first quarterly profit since 1999 of 270,000 EUR on 1.42M EUR of revenue during the period between October 2003 and December 2004.

Shares of Mandrakesoft are again being traded on the Euronext Marché Libre exchange (ISIN code MLMAN) and on the US OTC market (Stock symbol MDKFF).

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 '''MandrakeSoft''' is a [[France|French]] [[software company]], and creator of [[Mandrake Linux]]. Describing itself as a "project initiator and a skills organizer in the Open Source arena", MandrakeSoft is also founding member of the [[Desktop Linux Consortium]].
-MandrakeSoft was created in [[1998]], and has offices in the [[USA]] and [[France]]. The management team consists of:
+MandrakeSoft was created in [[1998]], and has offices in the [[United States|USA]] and [[France]]. The management team consists of:
 *[[Jacques Le Marois]], Chairman, Co-founder
 *[[François Bancilhon]], Chief Executive Officer