Well, just like Caldera and Andover.net, VA Linux's stock is now below its IPO price (Another 11 points, and RedHat will join them in this dubious honor). So it obviously wasn't just the day-trading sheep, but also the companies themselves which failed to realize the utter lack of value in Linux.
Oh, and how many funds does it take to run Slashdot? You don't think they went out and bought some shiny new equipment and more bandwidth that they'll soon be struggling to afford? I can't wait for the firesale!:)
Yep, real people at The Raging Bull, although only one of them, PeteBarnum, is actually losing money. The other, DefDog, like myself, is pulling in the green by shorting this hideous stock. I haven't posted over there to gloat or anything, though, because I can empathize with the people losing their shirts. It's getting pretty miserable over there -- just today, someone's idea of "positive news" was an InfoWorld article by Linux-lackey Nick Petreley. Now, that's objective! LOL. Toodles!:)
The Slashdot "editors" decide to post a submission with a dumb speculation about a possible Microsoft stock connection. One poster decides to address this point and gets marked down as "Offtopic." That's truly pathetic, as well as cowardly.
At least it's been so very entertaining as Slashdot/Andover/VA Linux fiddle while Rome burns: Today, Andover.net stock hit an all-time low since the day of the IPO, and VA Linux stock has now fallen 82% in less than four months. All the while, Slashdot pleadingly tells us how Microsoft is in so much trouble, and the desperate-to-be-a-geek-hero Jon Katz tells us how irrelevant Microsoft is.
Note to the Slashkiddies: It's a little hard to believe your arguments of Microsoft irrelevance (or that you even believe it yourselves -- your brave facade is fooling no one), if you didn't spend hour after hour jealously bitching about them.
"Open source, closed minds, we are Slashdot" - some truly insightful (+5) guy.
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Well, just like Caldera and Andover.net, VA Linux's stock is now below its IPO price (Another 11 points, and RedHat will join them in this dubious honor). So it obviously wasn't just the day-trading sheep, but also the companies themselves which failed to realize the utter lack of value in Linux.
Oh, and how many funds does it take to run Slashdot? You don't think they went out and bought some shiny new equipment and more bandwidth that they'll soon be struggling to afford? I can't wait for the firesale! :)
At least it's been so very entertaining as Slashdot/Andover/VA Linux fiddle while Rome burns: Today, Andover.net stock hit an all-time low since the day of the IPO, and VA Linux stock has now fallen 82% in less than four months. All the while, Slashdot pleadingly tells us how Microsoft is in so much trouble, and the desperate-to-be-a-geek-hero Jon Katz tells us how irrelevant Microsoft is.
Note to the Slashkiddies: It's a little hard to believe your arguments of Microsoft irrelevance (or that you even believe it yourselves -- your brave facade is fooling no one), if you didn't spend hour after hour jealously bitching about them.
"Open source, closed minds, we are Slashdot" - some truly insightful (+5) guy.