osOpinion: An Open Business Plan for Red Hat, Inc. | Linux Today

osOpinion: An Open Business Plan for Red Hat, Inc.

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 23, 1999

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“… now it’s time to worry about the specifics of what
you’ll do with your fabulous market cap…”

“buy Santa Cruz Operation. No, I’m not kidding. Their market cap
stands at about $300 million, even after gains related to their
Linux announcements.”

“You’ll never make a real profit on the portal… Definitely
gear up the Red Hat Press… open source development tools are the
ultimate platform booster… Components, components, components are
where it’s at…”

“Last, but not least, what will you be selling two years from
now? The answer, I think is clear: integrated solutions…”


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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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