[ale] VA Linux IPO - The Sad Thing ?

[jj at spiderentertainment.com]

Nothing more would make me happy if everything you said was as true as
you put it.
The Government does not own Microsoft. Microsoft owns the Government.
But a body that
is a part of the Government owns Microsoft, and so they own Redhat and
any other public
domain. That is my theory at least.

Yes you do have the first right to the source code. But RedHat with
stock value of 200
can replace you with 20 other developers who will make the same
utilities. A show of
power. Would you think different ?

But I was not referring to "show of power". I was more referring to
Microsoft
espionage. Keep in mind, in retrospect they are happy for RedHat, as
Microsoft's small
fall will make them stronger. If you are hunting for tiger you better
make sure the
tiger is dead, not hurt.

What I am trying to say is that the battle is yet to come. So far we
have seen nothing.
Microsoft will not give up any of their market shares. It is my best
hope that linux
community will not fight amongst each other.



Mike Smith wrote:

>         But the difference is....that we, the open source community,
own the source
> to their product(Redhat, Caldera, VA, etc).  If we don't like Redhat
we can
> use slackware or debian or Suse or.....  The difference is that we can
make
> a change.  With Microsoft, it's their code and they can do whatever
they
> want.  Linux is the democratic OS while Microsoft is the socialist
OS.  We,
> the people, own Linux while they, the Government, owns Microsoft. (The

> government kinda does own microsoft right now, don't they).  Any ways
I like
> my freedom of choice........
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jj at spiderentertainment.com [mailto:jj at spiderentertainment.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:06 PM
> To: Mike Smith
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] VA Linux IPO - The Sad Thing ?
>
> Well I just hope they put the money to good use and not because
*scholes
> like Microsoft. Remember that when Bill was with his partner, they had

> some great and good visions. That vision just got shaped along the
way.
> I honestly hope that the money from the IPO will be used in good
faith.
>
> And believe me, that remains to be seen. Well, hope for the best,
expect
> the worst.
>
> Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, we'll see.
>
> Frankly me biggest fear is that all these IPO companies will
eventually
> turn on the people they have dependent for so long. And they will do
> that without even realizing over time. Microsoft knows that, and
that's
> what they are counting on! and they will make corporate espionage to
> excel this process. Can you believe that Microsoft promoted Redhat,
> before it's IPO ?. Infact they will do anything to make this happen;
and
> that my friend will be the end of stock civilization as we know it.
>
> When microsoft shares drop to 65-50$ that's when I'll buy em. As they
> will go to 200 when Linux falls.
>
> Don't take me wrong, I prefer Unix over microsoft without any doubt,
but
> I just seen this kinda thing too many times.
>
> Mike Smith wrote:
>
> > Can you believe the opening price of $300 dollars a share.  I guess
> > Mandrake's a millionaire........

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