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WideOpenNews: Gold Mine a Bust? Pan for Linux!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 6, 2000

“What do you do when cash is short, your stock is down, and
your gold mines have seen better days? Change your name to
LinuxWizardry!”

“That’s the investment strategy pursued by Flame Petro-Minerals,
a Canadian mining company that owns a 50 percent stake in the Fish
Creek Claims outside Fairbanks, Alaska.”

“In February, the company acquired a Linux router company called
LinuxWizardry, Inc.. On March 22, Flame Petro-Minerals changed its
name to LinuxWizardry Systems, Inc. a shell corporation holding
100% of LinuxWizardry, Inc. shares. The same day, it began trading
on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, home of cheap “penny”
stocks.”

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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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