“I asked Olson why Sendmail Inc., which was founded in 1998,
hasn’t publicly offered its stock yet. Red Hat is public, with a
price-revenue (PR) ratio over one thousand. It’s developing,
selling, and supporting Linux, also famous open-source software.
Olson says Sendmail is preparing to go public. Wonder what PR ratio
Olson has in mind.”
“Meanwhile, Sendmail is announcing partnerships in developing
its Internet-messaging platform. Olson says there is a major
opportunity for e-mail in commerce, most of which is still
conducted awkwardly using paper….”
“If buying commercial sendmail becomes popular, then maybe
free open-source sendmail will go the way of ITS. This is probably
also what the capitalists developing Windows 2000 have in mind for
Linux.“