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TrollTech to IPO?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the unconfirmed-yet-still-interesting dept.

burninginside writes "Yahoo is reporting that Trolltech, the world's biggest producer of Linux software for mobile devices, may be heading public. 'Sources close to the company' said the move may come as soon as 12 months but the official word is still that it 'is not in our immediate plans.'"

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  1. trolltech? by Bananatree3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmm.. around here troll-techs are usually not seen, as they are below the threashold, but Trolltech is about to go public?

  2. Re:Sam Kinison once said by GISGEOLOGYGEEK · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are absolutely right.

    I mean come on! Look what the IPO did to poor Google!

    err.

    ya.

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  3. No thanks by PMOnoTo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sources close I, for one, prefer open sources

  4. Re:slashdot, out of touch... by RPoet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, and TrollTech doesn't really belong in the Linux category, either. They've been around since before Linus, let alone before Linux.

    TrollTech was founded in 1994, while Linux was released in 1991. Linus himself was released in 1969, proving you wrong on all counts.

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