Nope, he meant Verifone. -Matt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Virgil Vergara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux/Unix Advocates/Users Hawaiian community discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [LUAU] VC and Linux > Hi Wayne, > > You must be talking about Verizon right? Verifone has no ties to > Hawaii. They are the world's largest telecom with stakes in several > European countries, South America and in Japan. I don't even think > Verifone has any kind of market in the US. > > There are a few companies that are receiving attention within the VC > field. Mainly with biotechnology. Two companies that are doing well are > Hoku Scientific and Hawaii Biotech. There are others as well. > > Virgil > > On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: > > > BTW, most participants in this forum are probably too young or too new > > to have heard the story about Verifone. This is the biggest IP > > success story in Hawaii. Verifone grew too big and had to be sold to > > a mainland company for something like 9-digit figure. I know some of > > the founders of Verifone, many of them still live on the island and > > many are still actively pursuing VC activities. Several of them > > invested in a company called Aquasearch, which makes microalgae and > > got into a very nasty patent fight with its next door neighbor, > > Cyantech. > > > > Eventually Aquasearch filed for bankruptcy, and Cyantech did not fare > > too well, either. Both companies had great technologies and are in > > one of the most promissing markets, but they had to try to fight each > > other to death. > > > > Anyway, I know getting a decent paycheck is priority No. 1, but if we > > ourselves can't think too much about the VC business, we sure hope > > someone else on the islands will make it, and make it big. wayne > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau >
