No end to Linux.

[zscoundrel]

99% may be a bit of an exaggeration, because they provide a lot of 
service and support to registered and subscription users that is not 
provided by kernel developers, but that is one of the reasons why I OWN 
stock in RedHat.

(I am also closing out the 401k position in a mutual fund that has more 
than 5% of fund assets in M$.  Image my dismay when I saw THAT in the 
most recent annual statement!!!)

Michael wrote:

> 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 $. Sure their stock
> value might dive but they'd be a lot better suited to riding out that
> storm than Microsoft would be. Red Hat could still be ran out of their
> parents basement if needed. Let's see Microsoft try that. ;)
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> Don't dream it. Be it.
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> ;):):-):):-):):-)8')
> Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
> http://kavlon.org/projects/
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> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, zscoundrel wrote:
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>>Yes, but BOTH comparisons are misleading, for the same reason.  Red Hat
>>is a fairly recent IPO stock and M$ 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
>>>picture:
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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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>>>                    dattaway at attaway.net
>>>                    Sent by:                     To:     Kansas City Linux Users 
<kclug at kclug.org>
>>>                    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
>>>>weren't in jeopardy.
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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?
>>>http://attaway.net                 http://counter.li.org   user #142150
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