Forbes: Dell + Sun = VA Research | Linux Today

Forbes: Dell + Sun = VA Research

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 4, 1999

Thanks to Patrick
McGovern
for this link.

“Augustin and his six-year-old startup, VA Research, want to eat
Dell and Sun for lunch. And he wants to do it soon. The Sunnyvale,
Calif.-based startup has a very simple game plan: It wants to sell
Intel-based computers running the free operating system Linux at
prices lower than both UNIX and WinTel computers. Contrary to the
nature of the Linux universe, Augustin’s little company has shown
that a Linux-based company can really make money…”

Complete
story

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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