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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