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    SubjectRe: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]
    On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:59:56 -0700
    Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com> wrote:

    > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 05:43:17PM +0200, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote:
    > > If you are looking for competing with M$ you should call up one of the
    > > linux distributors and merge with them. It does not really look like RH or
    > > SuSE do all that bad (to name examples). And I do believe they could earn a
    > > lot more bucks if (even) more focus is put on consulting.
    >
    > Red Hat: $1B market cap (not bad), $25M/quarter revenues, running at a loss.
    > Microsoft: $275B market cap, $7.8B/quarter revenues, running at $2.7B/quarter
    > profit.

    Please compare at least the correct time frame. How long does M$ exist, how
    long does RH exist?
    Additionally we both know that things like M$ only happen if you have the luck
    to be pushed by an exploding market.

    Regards,
    Stephan
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