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Is Open Source The Stock Flavor of the Month?

“In a bid to boost its stock price, Sun Microsystems changed its
ticker symbol Monday to JAVA.

“The market’s reaction? That’s fine, kid, here’s a quarter. From
the time of the announcement on Thursday through its Tuesday peak
shares gained about 25 cents. That may not sound like much, but
with 3.66 billion shares outstanding it’s about $900
million…”

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