[ Thanks to Mark Anderton for this
link. ]
“Almost all Linux companies would have to grapple with the
perennial question of how they can make money through software
subscriptions and services rather than selling packaged boxes. For
a while, investors have questioned if the shares of top Linux
company Red Hat are indeed overvalued.“For instance, the company’s third-quarter net profit was only
US$305,000 for fiscal year 2003. Although it was an improvement
over the previous quarter in the same year, the numbers were
nothing to shout about, industry analysts observed…”