Mandrakesoft Renamed Mandriva in Step Toward Reinvention, Apr 12, 2005

Mandrakesoft, hoping to serve the dual purposes of repositioning itself in the Linux market and throwing the monkey of its back in a trademark infringement battle with Hearst Publishing, announced last week that it has changed its name to Mandriva.

Analyst Stacey Quandt, senior business analyst, open-source practice leader for the Robert Frances Group, said she believes Novell's Linux standing will remain solid.