:E-Commerce Times: Red Hat's IPO Becomes an Acid Test for Linux
E-Commerce Times: Red Hat's IPO Becomes an Acid Test for Linux Aug 10, 1999, 14 :31 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (4483 reads) (Other stories by Chet Dembeck)
"When Red Hat Inc., a seller of Linux software, makes it's
debut on Wall Street this week, the world will be watching to
see if the much-touted Microsoft-killer passes its biggest
test of date: getting investors to pump money into it."
"Aside from the cult-like exuberance of Linux devotees, this
will be the first time the operating system has faced the
hardened scrutiny of the Street."
"But after a year of good press, some analysts say the first
day for Red Hat's IPO could be a Cinderella story -- but no one quite knows
when, or if, the clock will strike midnight."
