On Saturday 21 July 2001 06:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Bah! I forgot to put the URL in my previous attempt to ask this. I
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > What is with the exlusive nature of this:
> > >
> > > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/ipo/
> >
> > Haha! Ok, now that we have some context I can see why you took issue
> > with blaming Canada. :-) Never mind, after reading that page it would
> > seem more appropriate to blame France, since it would seem to be their
> > laws being invoked here.
> >
> > So, I'm Canadian, and now my interest is totally piqued. But I'm not
> > allowed to click the link. I might anyway. Don't tell anyone, ok?
> >
> > Eaon
>
> It is canadian law. Not france law. More to the point almost any country
> have those types of law
It is also US Law and Japanese Law. It is considered that ordinary US
People should not be exposed to risks like an "unregulated" market. Of
course, those linux developers that RH reserved some shares for also
discovered that US law protected them from making an "unwise" investment due
to their inexperience as investors, and were mostly not allowed to buy the
reserved stock.
Civileme
