> Why is Gentoo Technologies, Inc. any different, and why is > everyone getting so uptight when people ask for financial information, > which should be available to any external user wishing to use the > information to make their decision on buying, keeping, using, selling > or donating money and or investing into a corporation we know as > Gentoo Technologies, Inc.? >
While I agree with your sentiment, you have confused two issues here: being a corporation and being *publicly traded*. The reason you can get financials for Redhat is they are a publicly traded company, which means they have to play be SEC rules for such an entity and make their financials publicly available. However, it's perfectly normal to have a *privately held* company that is also incorporated, as Gentoo Inc. is (I've certainly heard of no IPO (initial public offering) of Gentoo). Private companies, while incorporated, have no requirement at all to make any of their financials available to anyone beyond their stockholders (i.e. their owners). Thus, you can bang your head against their front door all you want, or write at many pages as you'd like lamenting not seeing them, but they are absolutely within their rights in not showing you anything at all. The company I work for is such a firm (www.foliage.com). Show up at our front desk sometime and ask for our financials and see how far you get! Yes, we are incorporated, but no, you'll not be seeing any financial information at all unless you're an owner. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
