What's even more interesting at the 2nd news item is the fact that this investment was done by Dell's private investment firm (w/o Dell's knowledge - which is common), invested back in late last year, and has lost nearly 60% of it's value in that time.
JP
>>> dkoobs@dkoobs.com 05/11/05 10:41 am >>>
I just wanted to call attention to a couple of recent interesting stories regarding
RedHat. Of course, if you're a regular at SlashDot and OSNews, you've already seen
these:
Matthew Szulik and Steve Balmer dine together in NY:
http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=10558
http://news.com.com/A+Microsoft-Red+Hat+warming+trend/2100-7344_3-5701700.html?tag=nefd.top
Michael Dell invests $100 Million in Redhat:
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/09/1221229&tid=110&tid=98&tid=106
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7787642/
Could these two be related in any way? Will MS begin to port some products to Linux,
like they have for Apple? Could Dell start shipping products with RedHat installed
(if they don't already)? Should I add another layer to my tin foil hat? Or is this
the beginning of the inevitable Linux world domination prophesied for so long? And
does this belong on the Politics list?
I'm forclempt... Talk amongst yourselves...
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