Re: For anyone that doesn't already know

[tgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think what is happening is people who have no knowledge in 
computers and who are just trying to predict the computer/software 
industries moves.  

They are hearing the negative press about MS and the way the anti-
trust case is going against them and they are trying to jump onto 
the "next big thing."  People are hoping that there will be another 
cash-cow for it's investors like MS has been and they think a Linux 
company will be it.  Ick.


On 10 Dec 99, you wrote: 


> > VA Linux Systems, a company that among other things, sells servers 
> >bundled with Linux made their initial public offering today on Wall
> >Street.  They made a new record!  On the first day of trading, their
> >stock opened at $30 a share, and jumped 690 percent to close at 239
> >1/4. This was the most an IPO has ever gained in the history of our
> >country. IMO this is extremely good press for Linux, and the entire
> >open source community.  Along with companies like VA Linux and
> >RedHat, Linux is really starting to show the world that it's ready
> >for the mainstream, and won't go away.  It's a great time to be in
> >KLUG fokes.
> 
> 
> This is actually a little scary...  Their stock value has NO BASIS IN
> REALITY!
> 
> _239_?!  C'mon!  Where do they get this stuff?!
> 
> I wonder what IPO's were like just before the Great Depression...
> 
> --Mark
> 
> 
> 


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