4 ms·
As an outsider, it definitely wasn't obvious at the time. Red Hat is still around. If you look at their wikipedia article and see the photo of the rack mount s
by asveikau 6y ago
As an outsider, it definitely wasn't obvious at the time. Red Hat is still around.
If you look at their wikipedia article and see the photo of the rack mount servers they sold[1], that doesn't seem that ludicrous even today.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeknet#/media/File%3AServer_Linux.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeknet#/media/File%3AServer...
- anthony_r 6y agoThe "mania" is in the public perception & pricing of securities. Many "mania" companies were legitimate, or at least had legitimate parts in it (look at the example of GameStop, there's nothing wrong with the company, but it was hilariously overpriced).
- asveikau 6y agoIronically the successor entities to VA Linux eventually became part of Gamestop.