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Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it? |
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:58:59 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
> [...]
>> Take a look at RedHat
>
> IPO scam money aside for a moment, let's see...
>
> 1997: net loss 1318 (-)
> 1998: net loss 3738 (-)
> 1999: net loss 6388 (-)
> 2000: net loss 43053 (-)
> 2001: net loss 86773 (-)
> 2002: net loss 139949 (-)
> 2003: net loss 6734 (-)
> 2004: net income 13732 (+)
> 2005: net income 45426 (+)
> 2006: net income 79685 (+)
> =====
>
> -149110 (loss)
Several consecutive years of growing net income after initial
investments. Are you sure you have a clue what an IPO is about? One
does them _exactly_ because one is expected to _invest_ the startup
money with a long-term goal of building a sustainable business.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/04/27
- Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?, Alexander Terekhov, 2007/04/27
- Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra, 2007/04/27
- Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2007/04/27
- Re: The GNU Philosophy: How practical is it?, Barry Margolin, 2007/04/27