Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264276AbTFWPqQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:46:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264448AbTFWPqQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:46:16 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:45504 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264276AbTFWPqP (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:46:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 08:59:56 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Stephan von Krawczynski Cc: Larry McVoy , coyote@coyotegulch.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, lawrence@the-penguin.otak.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] Message-ID: <20030623155956.GD20103@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Stephan von Krawczynski , Larry McVoy , coyote@coyotegulch.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, lawrence@the-penguin.otak.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030620001217.G6248@almesberger.net> <20030620120910.3f2cb001.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030620142436.GB14404@work.bitmover.com> <20030620143012.GC14404@work.bitmover.com> <20030620163349.GG17563@work.bitmover.com> <20030623150616.GA20103@work.bitmover.com> <20030623174317.0d937ee4.skraw@ithnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030623174317.0d937ee4.skraw@ithnet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0.3, required 7, AWL) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 857 Lines: 17 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. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/