No end to Linux.

[Michael]

But!! But.. Red Hat could cut 99% of it's staff and keep shipping the
product AND keep up with bug fixes, new releases, etc because most of
their development is done by people not on their payroll. They might not
be as fast at shipping out the product or as on the ball with support but
they'd still be shipping their product and earning $. Sure their stock
value might dive but they'd be a lot better suited to riding out that
storm than Microsoft would be. Red Hat could still be ran out of their
parents basement if needed. Let's see Microsoft try that. ;)

Don't dream it. Be it.

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
http://kavlon.org/projects/

On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, zscoundrel wrote:

> Yes, but BOTH comparisons are misleading, for the same reason.  Red Hat
> is a fairly recent IPO stock and M$ is an established Dow-listed entity
> with a qazillion times the market capitalization.
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> Red hat can be extremely volatile based on some pretty minor market news.
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> KRFinch at dstsystems.com wrote:
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> > Stretch that timeframe out to 2 years and it paints a completely different
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> > http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RHAT&d=c&k=c1&c=msft&a=v&p=s&t=2y&l=on&z=m&q=l
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> >                     Sent by:                     To:     Kansas City Linux Users 
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> >                     owner-kclug at marauder.i       cc:
> >                     lliana.net                   Subject:     Re: No end to Linux.
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> >                     07/15/2002 02:19 PM
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> > On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy wrote:
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> >>Maybe the pessimistic bear from that commercial is right..."Dow 5,000.
> >>NASDAQ 800."  I'd be laughing my ass off at these shysters if my job
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> > this appears interesting:
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> > http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=c&c=msft&t=1y&s=rhat
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> > Why drive a car when you can ride a bike?
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