Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (5107)	8/18/1998 12:29:00 PM
From: John M. Zulauf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14451

> But who the hell do you invest in to make money out of this. > forbes.com That is both the $64 question and totally missing the point. Finding a way to make money from something those who hold the IP rights don't want money for is quite a trick. (Though, finding the companies taking advantage of the cost savings associated with freeware would be one way -- companies providing service and integration are another.) But on the other hand if there were a way to make a killing on this -- eventually, somehow I'd think it would destroy the magic, because instead of a meritocritous collective where the coin of the realm is respect, the community would become one of "winners" and "losers" with a good deal of antagonism between the two groups. Note that nobody is working nights for free to make Bill Gates more wealthy (unless of course they own large gobs of MS stock too) Just My Opinion, john