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Motley Fool: Red Hat’s Woes May Yield Reward

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 14, 2004

“Talk about a perfect storm. First, the CFO quits, and then the
firm turns in a great quarter–but not great enough–and now this.
Linux software provider Red Hat was drenched by a massive wave of
investor fear yesterday upon announcing that it would be restating
three years’ worth of earnings. The stock dropped 22%.

“If you click that link above, you’ll see that I had warned that
Red Hat looked overvalued, but don’t expect any ‘I told you so’ out
of me today…”

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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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