--- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doug Riddle wrote: > > >--- Shannon Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > >>It was in the money section no less.... I imagine > a > >>few more articles > >>like this and the investor types will start > looking > >>into this again. I > >>bet people will start looking for another VA Linux > >>type IPO. > >> > >>Shannon > >> > >> > > > >IMHO > >I think that most Open Source commercial companies > >would do better to stay away from Public Offerings. > > >In the end, Public Stock offerings are a vehicle to > >raise money. That money, like all investments, > comes > >with strings attached. > > > > > > Quite a reply! You made me think about a couple of > things I hadn't > thought about before. However, I was not suggesting > that Open Source > companies go public... Instead I was suggesting > that many of the > "financial types" that really do not know anything > about Linux (or > perhaps even heard of it) will be "looking into it". > That, in my > opinion, is probably a good thing. If the non tech, > highly financed > people start hearing about linux, then it can't be a > bad thing. Perhaps > I should not have used IPO in my statement. > > Shannon >
Food for thought is always a a good thing. It might even be our greatest strength. Personally, I think the small business model is the one that will adopt Open Source. Microsoft is willing to give Munichen, Deutchland 15% off. Think they will give Baker Hardware 15% off and unbundle MS Office? Not bloody likely. It is the small businesses that people need to market Open Source to. Then, one small business to another, we can all get rich selling rocks to each other again, and tell the major corporations to go suck a rope. ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ http://www.libranet.com -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
