Finance.Newsletters.com: Applix, Inc. Soars On Linux Craze

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 27, 1999

“One of the hottest Wall Street crazes in 1999 was Linux, a
recently developed operating system that developers claim is more
stable than windows. Over the past couple of months several stocks
have soared in response to their connection with Linux. Perhaps the
most amazing one was an IPO that soared from $30 to $320 the first
day it was open to trading. Now the stock is selling at $180.
Average investors would not have been able to buy the stock at the
$30 IPO and the foolish investors who bought at $320 have to be
wondering what happened to their money. The CHEAP lnvesfor had one
stock that was affected by this craze. Applix , Inc. moved up
significantly over the past two months.”

Applix is a leading provider of thin-client front-office
business solutions for managing customer interaction, real-time
business analysis and office productivity across globally
networked, extended enterprise environments….


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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