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To: Jill who wrote (4578)	8/3/1999 12:00:00 PM
From: JRH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Totally off topic: Anyone thinking about the RedHat IPO? Not totally off topic Jill ;) . IMO, RedHat is the King of the U.S. Linux market. Can you give us an idea of when they might be going public? As much of a fan I am of Linux and RedHat in particular, I don't think that I would bet my money on RedHat (fundamentally) because of the awkward situation that they are in. They are selling software that is essentially available for free. They sell a single copy to an organization, who can then make as many copies of it as they want. These are inherent strengths in the Linux distribution and adoption model, but I don't think that it works too well for a company who has to act in the interest of its shareholders. I would think that shareholders would be saying, "No, we don't want to give this software away anymore", and that could lead to problems. BWDIK, as usual... Justin A Red Hat and Linux supporter :o)