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The Day Ahead: VA Linux Vs The Big Guys
News Commentary: Linux system vendor VA Linux is boxed in. On one side of the equation you have broke dot-com startups that can't buy VA Linux boxes. The dot-com implosion dinged VA Linux in its fiscal first quarter and the only way to grow sales is to...
[November 17, 2000, 12:15]
Linux Love: VA Linux Buys Andover.net
News Here's how officials detailed the deal on a conference call: Based on VA Linux's closing price of 137 Wednesday, Andover.net shareholders would get $3.81 (£2.36) in cash and .397 shares of VA Linux. Andover.net shareholders will own 13 percent of...
[February 3, 2000, 13:00]
VA Linux To Sell Proprietary Software
News VA Linux Systems, once one of the flagships of the open-source software world, will rely on sales of proprietary software in the future, the company said today as it reported a $290 million (£200m) loss for the most recent quarter.
[August 24, 2001, 17:20]
VA Linux To Stop Making Computers
News In a radical change, VA Linux Systems announced it will stop selling Linux computers on 10 July, abandoning a business central to the company since its founding in 1993 and its phenomenal initial public offering in 1999.
[June 28, 2001, 12:31]
VA Linux Adjusts To Vanishing Server Sales
News VA Linux Systems reported a loss of $55m (£38.5m) on revenue of $5.6m for its most recent quarter, with most of the shortfall attributed to restructuring costs as the company left the server hardware business.
[November 21, 2001, 9:21]
VA Linux Set For Flotation
News VA Linux will make its market debut Thursday with 4.4 million shares priced at $30 (£19) each. VA Linux upped its price range twice leading up to the offering. VA Linux will use the IPO proceeds to fund operating expenses, including broadening its...
[December 9, 1999, 14:31]
The Day Ahead: VA Linux Delivers, Diversifies Revenue Base
News First-day IPO hype aside, VA Linux is delivering on exactly what it said it would do -- boost margins, post eye-popping revenue growth and diversify its revenue base. Of course, VA Linux didn't create 1999's hype, but it's still hard to overcome.
[August 24, 2000, 12:15]
VA Linux Cuts 25 Percent Of Workers
News VA Linux Systems missed lowered expectations Tuesday, saying it will cut 25 percent of its staff and warning that profitability will arrive nine months later than planned. VA, which issued revenue warnings for each of the last two quarters, has had...
[February 21, 2001, 10:05]
VA Linux's SourceForge Forges Cash
News VA Linux Systems originally developed SourceForge, a Web site for open-source programmers, as a way to save money. VA Linux started SourceForge to make it affordable to house open source projects -- collective programming projects such as the Linux...
[December 6, 2000, 11:35]
Eye2Eye: VA Linux CEO Larry Augustin Pt I
News Larry Augustin is president and CEO of VA Linux. Augustine has worked as developer, systems administrator and consultant before founding VA Linux Systems in 1993. He developed his first Linux system as a student at Stanford University.
[June 8, 2000, 7:03]
VA Linux Acknowledges Hack
News Server seller VA Linux Systems acknowledged on Tuesday that an Internet intruder breached the security surrounding its open-source development site, SourceForge.net. After the attack, VA removed the shell service until workers could reinstall the...
[May 30, 2001, 9:22]
VA Linux Serves Up Improved Slim Server
News Find out how the open-source movement is revolutionising the high-tech world at the Linux Lounge. VA is directing attention toward its "cluster management" software, called VACM, which lets administrators manage or monitor a large bunch of servers...
[May 2, 2001, 11:53]
Is It Back To School For VA Linux?
News On Tuesday, VA Linux Systems announced plans to sell its $795 (£500) Linux PC to the student market, a move that Director of Product Marketing Robert Patrick hopes will provide a springboard for the company to close direct deals with education...
[April 13, 2000, 9:22]
LinuxWorld: VA To Introduce Low-cost Linux PC
News VA CEO Larry Augustin acknowledged that the market for desktop Linux is minuscule. Augustin said VA's new machine is designed for people who are just becoming interested in Linux and are looking for a low-cost PC -- people such as college students.
[August 11, 1999, 10:29]
VA Releases Proprietary Software
News VA Linux Systems on Tuesday announced a new proprietary version of SourceForge, the collaborative programming software that now is the centerpiece of the company's survival strategy. Fremont, California-based VA, which is seeking to change its name...
[November 7, 2001, 16:37]
Argentina Cries Out For Linux
Talkback Linux va a dominar el futuro, en 3 o 5 anos todos los que saben usar Linux van a ser pagado$ mejor que los que nada mas que saben click click click con Bill! Todo va a levantar, segui con Linux hermano.
[December 21, 2004, 13:01]
Linux Pioneer Moves Onto OpenVista
News Larry Augustin, the chief executive who presided over the spectacular boom and bust of computer maker VA Linux Systems, is dipping his toe back in the corporate waters, but this time he's focused on software.
[August 17, 2005, 10:00]
Eric Raymond: How I'll Spend My Millions
News On Friday, Eric Raymond, open-source advocate, member of the VA Linux Systems board -- and newly minted millionaire -- answered that question. Having lived his technology life in public, Raymond isn't going to let a sudden jump in his net worth...
[December 13, 1999, 10:32]
The Day Ahead: Caldera Preps IPO As Linux Hype Fades
News Linux stocks, such as Red Hat and VA Linux, have come down from the stratosphere, losing some of their Wall Street luster. It's a formula used by Red Hat and VA Linux, which is primarily sells Linux computing systems.
[March 16, 2000, 12:22]
Open Source: It's Economically Superior
News In news that surprised almost everyone at LinuxWorld Expo here, VA Linux -- the leading Linux hardware vendor -- announced Thursday it was buying Andover.Net, a popular Linux news and online discussion site and the home of the famous (or infamous...
[February 4, 2000, 14:41]
