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Open-source experts deride SCO's 'evidence'
News So one code snippet was from pretty much original Unix -- and yes, Caldera released the old Unix code itself back when they still remembered that they made all their IPO money off Linux -- which is interesting partly because it shows how SCO...
[August 20, 2003, 9:00]
Linux: Following the money
News Dave Sifry, founder of Linux support company Linuxcare, said Red Hat's IPO legitimised the open-source market. Many said they were buoyed by the IPO of Linux distributor Red Hat, which has seen its share price more than quadruple (up from an IPO of...
[August 24, 1999, 9:16]
The year of the penguin
News It is impossible to mention the past year without reference to the Red Hat IPO which started off the current open source stock market fever. Linux hackers miss IPO boat It has been a momentous year for everyone's favourite open-source OS and all...
[December 25, 1999, 6:00]
The Day Ahead: VA Linux delivers, diversifies revenue base
News VA Linux, which offers open source Linux systems and services, was put in a position where it could never live up to its IPO splash. First-day IPO hype aside, VA Linux is delivering on exactly what it said it would do -- boost margins, post eye...
[August 24, 2000, 12:15]
Linux IPOs: Is Caldera next in line?
News Eric Raymond, leading open source evangelist, said he thinks, "the Red Hat IPO breaks welcome new ground for the open-source world. According to various published reports, Linux hardware and services vendor VA Linux Systems is contemplating a...
[June 9, 1999, 9:51]
Top Red Hat IPO sees share price triple
News Proceeds from the IPO will be used to provide working capital and for other general corporate purposes, including geographic expansion. From a financial perspective, Red Hat's a much safer IPO bet than some of the other Internet and retailing...
[August 11, 1999, 17:06]
Red Hat Q2 results on target
News The IPO changed the number of shares outstanding and the earnings per share figure. According to Renaissance Capital, an IPO research firm, Red Hat is among the top 10 IPO performers this year with a gain of 703 percent.
[September 22, 1999, 16:23]
Red Hat closes trio of offices, lays off 20
News Red Hat, the first Linux company to go public, was the last independent company to see its stock sink below its IPO price. Caldera Systems is even farther underwater, with a stock price that closed Monday at $1.84, after an IPO at $14.
[December 5, 2000, 9:28]
Red Hat chief details Linux services push
News We may be trading at a 25 or 20 percent premium compared to the IPO price, down substantially compared to the enthusiastic valuation of a year ago [but today's valuation is more realistic]," he said. The company's IPO prospectus spoke extensively...
[February 2, 2001, 11:46]
2007: The year in software
News NetSuite, the online customer relationship management (CRM) vendor, also finished the year on a high, as its share price was doubled by its IPO. The company's IPO in August was a spectacular success as the company saw its share price double as soon...
[December 28, 2007, 15:11]
JBoss investment paves way for flotation
News JBoss, the company behind the eponymous open-source application server, has sealed a $10m investment, signalling a return of venture capital money to open-source companies and the possibility of an IPO.
[February 19, 2004, 17:09]
Red Hat buys Cygnus for $674m
News The company blasted off in its IPO last August. Cygnus, a maker of open-source software, will give Red Hat ammunition to build out Linux, which was the fastest growing server operating system in 1998, according to International Data (IDC).
[November 15, 1999, 16:36]
Markets fall in love with Linux
News Ever since Red Hat, a seller of Linux software, went public and rocketed skyward, investors have eagerly anticipated the growth of a hot new IPO sector. Andover.net's IPO will be handled as a Dutch auction, meaning, at least theoretically, that the...
[December 7, 1999, 13:21]
VC money floods back to tech
News The IPO window is still pretty fragile and not really open for many tech companies," he said. Ulrich Kenny, partner of corporate finance house Ion Equity, agreed with Huber's temperature-taking, but said investors' old exit strategy of the IPO...
[March 2, 2004, 14:10]
Why we're sorry to see Linspire go
Blog The company changed its name from Lindows, pulled out of an IPO, and then did a licensing deal with Microsoft, much like the ones signed by Xandros and Novell - only Linspire's was even less popular. Open source company Xandros has bought Linspire...
[July 6, 2008, 8:39]
LinuxWorld Expo Roundup
News Linux love: VA Linux buys Andover.net Andover.net's 25-day IPO quiet period was barely over before the company was acquired. Linux credit cards in Britain by June British Linux enthusiasts will soon be able to help further the cause, get...
[February 1, 2000, 14:06]
Linux hackers miss IPO boat
News Others couldn't scrape together the $1,000 minimum to open an account with E*Trade Group, the online brokerage firm that helped sell the $84 million IPO led by Goldman Sachs Group. For those who didn't get to buy shares in the IPO, there is at...
[August 19, 1999, 12:05]
Penguins: Name Your Price
News Caldera CEO Ransom Love says he is firm in his commitment to bring his company to a successful IPO. With a sizeable war chest from its recent IPO, Red Hat has purchased Cygnus Solutions, a leading maker of software development programs.
[November 29, 1999, 17:14]
Red Hat to replace chief executive
News In the quarter ended 31 May, 1999, the last before Red Hat's IPO, the company had revenue of $2.7m: a long way short of the current figure of $135.4m. The man who led Linux seller Red Hat from a newly public but largely unproven open-source company...
[December 21, 2007, 14:43]
Linux love: VA Linux buys Andover.net
News Andover.net, which went public Dec.just a day before VA Linux's record IPO, peaked at 90. for open source developers" with 70 million page views a month and additional revenue streams. In a recent interview with ZDII, Augustin said VA Linux was...
[February 3, 2000, 13:00]
