[ale] Redhat IPO

[Jim Kinney]

I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now. I have to wonder, though.
How much is Bill Gates going to buy to try to keep DOJ off his back.
("See, we have competition" as he props up Apple with $180M !)

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 linuxhat at mailandnews.com wrote:

> On 21 Jul 1999, Jim Kinney wrote:
> 
> >I wish them the best of luck. I suspect Bob Young hasn't been sleeping
> >well lately ;)
> 
> Having been with a company thru an IPO, I know so.  After our CEO finally
> made the deal and we were on the boards, he up and took a three week 
> safari to Africa.  Frankly, from the stories he told, he deserved it.
> 
> The last four or five weeks before an IPO are bloody hell, airports and
> hotel laundries and hardball questions before besuited investors.... me,
> I'd much rather just get bought by somebody big and given the Parachute
> than try taking the damn thing public... easier that way.  
> 
> -- Glenn
>