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  From: Dave Hill <daveh@enthrad.org>
  To  : Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 01:19:41 +1030

Re: Any Questions to Red Hat, Mandrake You'd Like To Ask?

Ryan Verner wrote:

> I believe there are rpm-get style projects out there, no supported by Redhat
> though.  (Although you could mirror from ftp.redhat.com every 30 mins and
> get half-kinda-sorta support :).


Yep, Conectiva, a Brazilian Linux distribution company, has developed
apt-rpm.


http://www.conectiva.com.br/
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/projetos/42/

As an unrelated note, Conectiva also employ Rik van Riel.

Dave

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