CyberNet Plans an IPO & Motley Fool on LinuxOne

The continued reign of Linux on Wall Street has found another sequel with CyberNet planning an IPO. CyberNet is, according to the press release, "a developer of Linux server software". And in an aside, The Motley Fool has an article on the LinuxOne IPO entitled LinuxOne: The Beauty of a Bad Example - Lesson: Caveat Emptor. Very amusing.

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Just a stone's throw

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm just a stone's throw from Cybernet in Ann Arbor. I will say that from what I know of them, they are pretty cool regarding the Linux community. They were at a local Linux install fest at a local systems integrator a couple of months ago, and showed off their NetMax stuff to a bumper-crop crowd, and raffled off boxed sets of their File Server, Web Server, and Firewall software. I've considered picking up their Firewall set, because I just can't seem to find the time to figure out how to configure one of my SuSE installs for a firewall for cable modem use for my home office situation. The Netmax stuff promises to make that situation much easier, by letting me take an old 486 I have sitting around, and loading their distribution on to it, and then being able to administrate through a web interface. Sounds kind of nice. Check them out at a CompUSA near you (they are probably on the shelves in other stores by now, as well).

Thanks Motley Fool

[Carnage4Life]

I've been waiting for weeks now for a critical article on the LinuxOne IPO from a mainstream non-Linux friendly source and this is it.
After reading articles like this one which actually may convince some silly investors that LinuxOne is a Linux underdog that may take off. Or even worse articles from other mainstream press that merely state that Open Source "enthusiasts" dislike LinuxOne for not being true to Open Source (they usually link to this), it is good to see a reputable mainstream site do a quality job of describing LinuxOne to the average clueless investor (when I say clueless i mean with regards to Linux).
In a climate where Salon's stock rises 90% simply because they are going to provide content on RedHat's website, LinuxOne has potential to rise above and beyond their IPO price , fleecing unknowledgeable investors along the way. What's extremely interesting is that the CEO of LinuxOne hold shares of LinuxOne through a charity and thus may be able to cash out if given prior written consent by their underwriter(From ZDNet).
All in all kudos to Motley Fool for showing the average investor exactly what kind of company LinuxOne is. I especially like the blurb at the end...
I can't repeat this enough: DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK. It's a vicious market out there, buyer beware. Don't blindly trust a company's press releases, they're advertising. Don't trust what analysts say about it. Even the Fool has been small-f fooled before, right here in this portfolio. Our original paper money "Simpleton" portfolio included Oxford Health Plans (Nasdaq: OXHP), which one day lost 75% of its value due to "accounting irregularities." I know the stock market's booming like mad but DON'T go on margin, DON'T gamble away money you can't afford to lose, and DON'T put all your eggs in one basket. We don't always repeat that often enough here, so you'd better get in the habit of repeating it to yourself.

If only all individual investors followed this advice maybe the stock market wouldn't be the crazy place it is today. :)

But Mum, it's to further my career...

[Paul Crowley]

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It's the excuse we've always wanted, really...
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Meta Tags

[Anonymous Coward]

I checked the meta tags on the real LinuxOne web page and noticed they have the more popular distributions listed in there (Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE, etc.) I checked RedHat and Caldera's web pages and they don't seem to have meta tags naming other distributions on their web pages. Just kinda interesting to me.

One word...

[Jacco de Leeuw]

Mr. McGuire : I just want to say one word to you...just one word.
Benjamin Braddock : Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire : Are you listening?
Benjamin Braddock : Yes, sir I am.
Mr. McGuire : ...Linux.

Powersource email address gone

[PapaZit]

I sent a friendly note to abuse@hotmail.com mentioning that ps84@hotmail.com was using his email address for business, and pointed them at the Power Source web page where it's listed.

For those that don't know, using a Hotmail address for business is a violation of the Hotmail Terms of Service.

I got a note back from abuse@hotmail.com yesterday. They've cancelled the account. So, at this point, Power Source doesn't even have an email address.