E*Trade: E(star)trouble | Linux Today

E*Trade: E(star)trouble

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 31, 1999

Sam
Varshavchik
writes:

I have put together an initial cut at a website which summarizes
the Red Hat/E*Trade controversy that happened this week:

E(star)Trouble
compiles the press coverage, the rants on Slashdot, as well as some
details of my personal experience with E*Trade’s questionable
practices. This is work in progress, since there’s an entire week
to go before the fat lady sings on August 9th. I’ll try to keep up
to date as much as possible.

Why did I call it E(star)Trouble? Well, I did not think that
plastering E*Trouble all over the web site is such a good idea,
given the recent trends…

This is a good summary of the Red Hat IPO fiasco, which
we’ve purposefully chosen to give less coverage to.

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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