“Coming to a business page near you … the Linus Torvalds
Third Millennium High Growth Advantage mutual fund.“
“OK, so maybe the Linux sector isn’t that mature yet. But with
last week’s initial public offering announcement by Santa
Clara-based hardware vendor VA Linux Systems, the so-called “Linux
space” is becoming increasingly crowded with public, or soon to be
public, companies.”
“Given investors’ general state of cluelessness in regard to the
Linux phenomenon, Open Season thought it might be an interesting
experiment to ask Linux community members how they separate the
wheat from the chaff. Taking our cue from Peter Lynch, the Fidelity
fund manager emeritus who perenially advises main street investors
to “invest in companies you know,” we posed the same question to
five individuals with five separate takes on the Linux market: If
you were a mutual fund manager putting together a portfolio to
track the future development of the Linux sector, how would you
divvy up your dollars?”