[PR] Storever and MandrakeSoft Announce World Densest 1U Rack Server

[PR] Storever and MandrakeSoft Announce World Densest 1U Rack Server

Please find enclosed our latest PR. This product allows everyone to
become his / her own ISP at an extremely low cost. 

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	http://www.storever.com/news/pr3

Jean-Paul Smets
CEO - +33(0)662057614

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   Storever and MandrakeSoft Announce World Densest 1U Rack Server

   For Immediate Release

   2002/09/17 - Storever and MandrakeSoft announce a new world record of
   density for 1U rack servers. The Storever OpenChassis allows to host 7
   (seven) x86 compatible OpenBrick micro-servers in 1U. Thanks to
   OpenChassis, the raw cost of dedicated hosting of a professional
   dynamic site on a broadband 100 Mbps connection is now less than 7 EUR
   per month and even less in USD. OpenBrick micro-servers pre-installed
   with the Mandrake GNU/Linux distribution and provided with 1 year
   hosting service will be distributed on the Storever (www.storever.com)
   and MandrakeStore (www.mandrakestore.com) online shops in the next few
   weeks.

   According to Jean-Paul Smets, CEO of Nexedi and senior manager of
   Storever, "what makes OpenChassis so unique is its vision based on
   Freedom. Our vision is to provide users the freedom to setup their
   server at home and get it hosted afterwards by their favourite ISP.
   Therefore, instead of putting many motherboards inside a single 3U
   chassis, we designed OpenChassis in order to put many OpenBrick
   servers inside a single 1U chassis. Users can receive their own
   OpenBrick at home, install it with their own gigabytes of data and
   ship it by postal mail to their ISP to get a permanent 100 Mbps
   connection for their site. In the whole process, the OpenBrick
   micro-server remains the property of the user which is guarantees his
   or her freedom."

   For Jacques Le Marois, President of MandrakeSoft, "OpenBrick and
   Mandrake Linux Advanced Extranet Server make a perfect combination to
   run so-called LAMP sites based on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. With
   OpenChassis, small companies, webmasters and developers can now get a
   dedicated hosting service with the same performance as a multinational
   company at a fraction of the cost. Because Mandrake Linux is so easy
   to setup, we think that OpenBrick and OpenChassis will allow to extend
   the market of GNU/Linux and Free Software towards people who never
   thought it was so easy and so affordable."

   OpenBrick micro-servers pre-installed with Mandrake Linux Advanced
   Extranet Server and provided with 1 year of broadband Internet hosting
   will be sold online by [1]MandrakeStore and [2]Storever. in the next
   few weeks. Hosting will be provided by Storever through its ISP
   partners. ISPs interested in hosting OpenBrick are welcome to join the
   OpenBrick community.

Permanent URL for this Press Release

   http://www.storever.com/news/pr3

About Storever Online

   Storever markets attractive GNU/Linux laptops and 1U rack servers with
   numerous options for professional users of Free Software.

   Storever is a service of Nexedi SARL, a leader in Free Software for
   business administration, production management and consumer relation
   management. Nexexi is the official distributor of OpenBrick in the
   European Union. Please visit the website: [3]http://www.storever.com
   for more information.

   Storever is a registered trademark of Nexedi SARL. OpenBrick is a
   registered trademark of Nexedi SARL. Linux is a registered trademark
   of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks belong to their respective
   owners.

About MandrakeSoft

   MandrakeSoft provides a trusted interface between users of information
   technology and Open Source developers. The company offers its
   enterprise, government and educational customers a complete range of
   GNU/Linux and OpenSource software and related services, plus
   user-friendly and highly competitive information technologies.
   Additionally, MandrakeSoft offers technologists committed to Open
   Source software and courseware a trusted channel to offer their
   services.

   MandrakeSoft has technologists in over 20 countries, and is traded on
   Paris Euronext Marche Libre (Euroclear code: 4477.PA; Reuters code:
   MAKE.PA) and the US OTC market (stock symbol MDKFF). "Born on the
   Internet" in late 1998, MandrakeSoft has established headquarters in
   the U.S.A., Montreal and France. Please visit the website:
   [3]http://www.mandrakesoft.com for more information.

References

   1. http://www.mandrakestore.com/
   2. http://www.storever.com/
   3. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/