Yesterday afternoon, E*Trade has reached a historic low of 28 9/16. This broke the psychological barrier of $30 which has been held since beginning of April. Congratulations to all you shorters! Now, carefully examine its price and don't forget to cover if necessary. Always specify a limit on your trades.
Hey, some people are trying to stir up a bunch of crap in order to short. So, all of us who got an E*Trade account, but got bounced after having gone through a bunch of crap, let's use our $1000 for an interesting "investment": let's short EGRP! If enough of us participate, it should be beautiful to watch...
Disclaimer: short selling is a very risky operation. Do it only if you can afford to lose. Don't do it if the $1000 in your E*Trade account are all your life savings.
>I think RedHat is doing the right (PC?) thing by opening their IPO to RH hackers. I maybe a bit cynical, but I think they are doing this to avoid a backlash from the developer community. I believe they, rightfully, fear becoming uncool as a public company.
Unfortunately, the way things turned out now, they might actually have increased the probability of just such a backlash. Just imagine, what happened if a few months from now, suddenly various assorted programs on your favorite RedHat CD started to prompt you with the following questionnaire before accepting to run:
Computer User Information
Red Hat Registration No: 9999-9999
First Name: THIS IS A SAMPLE
Last Name: DO NOT FILL OUT
Address Line 1: 123 Main St
Address Line 2:
City: Palo Alto
State: CA
Zip: 94103
Country: United States Of America
Resident: Yes/No
Home Phone: (650) 555-1212
Work Phone: (402) 555-1234
E-mail: joe@fast-traveler.123
Best Phone: (801) 555-1212
Computer Information
Please select the category that best approximates your CPU power:
none to 386
486 to Pentium 100
Pentium 120 to Pentium 180
Pentium 200 to Pentium 266
Pentium II
Pentium III or better
Please select the category that best approximates your memory:
0 to 4MB-1
4MB to 8MB-1
8MB to 16MB-1
16MB to 32MB-1
32MB to 64MB-1
64MB to 128MB-1
128MB or more
Computer Experience
What is the approximate current value of your complete (main) computer system?
0 to $500
$500 to $1000
$1000 to $2000
$2000 to $5000
more than $5000
Do you have more than one computer or (gasp!) Windows(tm) computers?
Apple Macintosh: Yes/No
Linux (distribution): Yes/No
Linux (self made): Yes/No
Windows (tm): Yes/No
How long have you been tinkering in any of the following:
Application Development
Soldering iron
Switching the computer on
Kernel Development
User Interface design
Chosing the colors of your desktop background
Changing the size of your xterm window
Given the length of your computing experience, and how often you use your computer, how would you consider the extent of your overall Linux experience and knowledge?
None
Limited
Good
Excellent
Are you aware that Linux is an Open Source Product and that there is no company to sue if something goes wrong? Linux, which may run far stabler than Windows, can also fall flat on its face if you are naive enough to run a development kernel
Yes
No
Computer Usage Objectives
Which of the following best describes your current computing goals (Please respond to each)
Stability: Yes/No
Performance: Yes/No
Empowerment: Yes/No
Low Price: Yes/No
Affiliations For the following questions, "immediate family" includes parents, mother- or father-in-law, husband or wife, brother or sister, brother- or sister-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, children, and any other person who is supported, directly or indirectly, to a material extent by the proposed software user. Please take all other user(s) of your computer into consideration when responding.
Are you or any members of your immediate family employed by Red Hat or Microsoft? Yes/No
Are you or any members of your immediate family a senior officer or executive of Andersen Consulting, Arthur Andersen, or any other software consultancy company? Yes/No
Are you or any members of your immediate family involved, directly or indirectly, in the the purchasing and selling of software for Andersen Consulting, Arthur Andersen, or any other software consultancy company? Yes/No
Are you or any members of your immediate family a developer in respect to this Open Source Program? Yes/No
Are you or any members of your immediate family employed by the landshark of your Linux distribution maker, or by your computer store? Yes/No
By submitting this Computer User Profile, I am certifying that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge, and that hamsters are gonna fly out of my ass. I also acknowledge that I will receive the man pages and howto's from this software package
It would be fairly easy to do this: in the Makefile of your program, test whether it the compilation is being run from within rpm -bb. Note down the date of the compilation, and two months after that (to avoid early detection before the CD ships), start firing up the silly questionnaire. But only if the system has some distinctive Red Hat sign, such as the/etc/sysconf directory can be found. Would be fun to watch what happened.
Penguins are very strange animals. Never ever dare to wear a red hat when visiting a penguin colony. Penguins like red hats so much that once you show them one, you have to give it to them. And if a penguin can't get the hat, it'll try at least to do everything it can to rip it to shreds.
If this really was planned, they're playing with fire. The backlash from the Open Source community might be fierce. Just imagine, what would happen if a few months from now, suddenly various assorted programs on your favorite RedHat CD started to prompt you with the following questionnaire before accepting to run:
Computer User Information
Red Hat Registration No: 9999-9999
First Name: THIS IS A SAMPLE
Last Name: DO NOT FILL OUT
Address Line 1: 123 Main St
Address Line 2:
City: Palo Alto
State: CA
Zip: 94103
Country: United States Of America
Resident: Yes/No
Home Phone: (650) 555-1212
Work Phone: (402) 555-1234
E-mail: joe@fast-traveler.123
Best Phone: (801) 555-1212
Computer Information
Please select the category that best approximates your CPU power:
none to 386
486 to Pentium 100
Pentium 120 to Pentium 180
Pentium 200 to Pentium 266
Pentium II
Pentium III or better
Please select the category that best approximates your memory:
0 to 4MB-1
4MB to 8MB-1
8MB to 16MB-1
16MB to 32MB-1
32MB to 64MB-1
64MB to 128MB-1
128MB or more
Computer Experience
What is the approximate current value of your complete (main) computer system?
0 to $500
$500 to $1000
$1000 to $2000
$2000 to $5000
more than $5000
Do you have more than one computer or (gasp!) Windows(tm) computers?
Apple Macintosh: Yes/No
Linux (distribution): Yes/No
Linux (self made): Yes/No
Windows (tm): Yes/No
How long have you been tinkering in any of the following:
Application Development
Soldering iron
Switching the computer on
Kernel Development
User Interface design
Chosing the colors of your desktop background
Changing the size of your xterm window
Given the length of your computing experience, and how often you use your computer, how would you consider the extent of your overall Linux experience and knowledge?
None
Limited
Good
Excellent
Are you aware that Linux is an Open Source Product and that there is no company to sue if something goes wrong? Linux, which may run far stabler than Windows, can also fall flat on its face if you are naive enough to run a development kernel
Yes
No
Computer Usage Objectives
Which of the following best describes your current computing goals (Please respond to each)
>I think RedHat is doing the right (PC?) thing by opening their IPO to RH hackers. I maybe a bit cynical, but I think they are doing this to avoid a backlash from the developer community. I believe they, rightfully, fear becoming uncool as a public company.
Unfortunately, the way things turned out now, they might actually have increased the probability of just such a backlash. Just imagine, what happened if a few months from now, suddenly various assorted programs on your favorite RedHat CD started to prompt you with the following questionnaire before accepting to run:
Computer User Information
Red Hat Registration No: 9999-9999
First Name: THIS IS A SAMPLE
Last Name: DO NOT FILL OUT
Address Line 1: 123 Main St
Address Line 2:
City: Palo Alto
State: CA
Zip: 94103
Country: United States Of America
Resident: Yes/No
Home Phone: (650) 555-1212
Work Phone: (402) 555-1234
E-mail: joe@fast-traveler.123
Best Phone: (801) 555-1212
Computer Information
Please select the category that best approximates your CPU power:
none to 386
486 to Pentium 100
Pentium 120 to Pentium 180
Pentium 200 to Pentium 266
Pentium II
Pentium III or better
Please select the category that best approximates your memory:
0 to 4MB-1
4MB to 8MB-1
8MB to 16MB-1
16MB to 32MB-1
32MB to 64MB-1
64MB to 128MB-1
128MB or more
Computer Experience
What is the approximate current value of your complete (main) computer system?
0 to $500
$500 to $1000
$1000 to $2000
$2000 to $5000
more than $5000
Do you have more than one computer or (gasp!) Windows(tm) computers?
Apple Macintosh: Yes/No
Linux (distribution): Yes/No
Linux (self made): Yes/No
Windows (tm): Yes/No
How long have you been tinkering in any of the following:
Application Development
Soldering iron
Switching the computer on
Kernel Development
User Interface design
Chosing the colors of your desktop background
Changing the size of your xterm window
Given the length of your computing experience, and how often you use your computer, how would you consider the extent of your overall Linux experience and knowledge?
None
Limited
Good
Excellent
Are you aware that Linux is an Open Source Product and that there is no company to sue if something goes wrong? Linux, which may run far stabler than Windows, can also fall flat on its face if you are naive enough to run a development kernel
Yes
No
Computer Usage Objectives
Which of the following best describes your current computing goals (Please respond to each)
Slashdot Mirror
No, it's new about nerds.
Disclaimer: short selling is a very risky operation. Do it only if you can afford to lose. Don't do it if the $1000 in your E*Trade account are all your life savings.
Unfortunately, the way things turned out now, they might actually have increased the probability of just such a backlash. Just imagine, what happened if a few months from now, suddenly various assorted programs on your favorite RedHat CD started to prompt you with the following questionnaire before accepting to run:
Computer Experience
Computer Usage Objectives
Affiliations
For the following questions, "immediate family" includes parents, mother- or father-in-law, husband or wife, brother or sister, brother- or sister-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, children, and any other person who is supported, directly or indirectly, to a material extent by the proposed software user. Please take all other user(s) of your computer into consideration when responding.
- Are you or any members of your immediate family employed by Red Hat or Microsoft? Yes/No
- Are you or any members of your immediate family a senior officer or executive of Andersen Consulting, Arthur Andersen, or any other software consultancy company? Yes/No
- Are you or any members of your immediate family involved, directly or indirectly, in the the purchasing and selling of software for Andersen Consulting, Arthur Andersen, or any other software consultancy company? Yes/No
- Are you or any members of your immediate family a developer in respect to this Open Source Program? Yes/No
- Are you or any members of your immediate family employed by the landshark of your Linux distribution maker, or by your computer store? Yes/No
By submitting this Computer User Profile, I am certifying that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge, and that hamsters are gonna fly out of my ass. I also acknowledge that I will receive the man pages and howto's from this software packageIt would be fairly easy to do this: in the Makefile of your program, test whether it the compilation is being run from within rpm -bb. Note down the date of the compilation, and two months after that (to avoid early detection before the CD ships), start firing up the silly questionnaire. But only if the system has some distinctive Red Hat sign, such as the
Penguins are very strange animals. Never ever dare to wear a red hat when visiting a penguin colony. Penguins like red hats so much that once you show them one, you have to give it to them. And if a penguin can't get the hat, it'll try at least to do everything it can to rip it to shreds.
Computer Experience
Computer Usage Objectives
Affiliations
Unfortunately, the way things turned out now, they might actually have increased the probability of just such a backlash. Just imagine, what happened if a few months from now, suddenly various assorted programs on your favorite RedHat CD started to prompt you with the following questionnaire before accepting to run:
Computer Experience
Computer Usage Objectives
Affiliations