Re: Linux the tree of Money

Paradox3 (paradox3@maine.rr.com)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:52:40 -0500


Of course Redhat is free. Everyone on this list knows that, *BUT* the
investors who are driving the prices up don't. I fail to see why Redhat
should be considered a market leader when it isn't making any money at all.
Stock prices *are supposed* to be based on earnings.

Regards, Dave (paradox3@maine.rr.com)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tigran Aivazian" <tigran@sco.COM>
To: <paradox3@maine.rr.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: Linux the tree of Money

> You said:
>
> > IMHO, the only reason redhat has such high demand is because people
> > think that Linux is Redhat like people think that the Internet is AOL.
> > God forbid they should learn of debian, slackware, or *gasp*
> > installing/using linux completely free.
>
> I would usually ignore the nonsense like the above but you dared to
> mention my father by his holy name and thus I have to respond.
>
> How dare you say rubbish like above on public? Red Hat Linux *is*
> completely free, and being a market leader it only makes sense that its
> shares go (and will continue infinitely) up in price. If you are unable to
> download it or too poor to spend $1.95 to get it from CheapBytes, please
> send me your snailmail address in private and I will send you a Red Hat
> Linux 6.1 CD for free, wherever you are.
>
> Comparing Red Hat with AOL is like comparing Red Hat with Microsoft or
> with any other company based on proprietary technologies. Not nice, don't
> do it again.
>
> Regards,
> ------
> Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com
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>
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