This was the message I planned to send. It seems that when the number of saved messages in the various folders of Netscape exceeds the 10,000, its mailer begins to eat meassages. Sorry! ------------------------------------------------------------------ According to today's headlines, the Israeli start-up "Commtouch" may lose hundreds of millions of Dollars, and even its future may be in danger, just because its product does not have a Linux port. Commtouch, an Ein-Vered based company, led by Maxwell's daughter, deals with web-based e-mail, and was about to raise a lot of money in NASDAQ, with a market value of $billion (!) according to analyst's estimates. About two months ago, AOL decided to enter the field, and wanted to adopt the solution of Commtouch, a step which could raise its value even higher. Unfortunately, AOL was surprised to hear that the Israelis didn't understand what is so important in Linux, and that Commtouch even didn't have any Linux port for its flagship product. According to AOL's opinion, the potential of this product is not in the consumer market where Windows rules, but in the commercial market, where Linux rules according to AOL. The story of today's headlines, is that AOL had no choice, but to adopt a rival solution from Critical Path, JUST because it has a Linux port. The plan of AOL is to integrate it into its ICQ service, another Israeli invention, which contrary to Commtouch' Pronto-Mail, was bought and adopted successfully by AOL. Now, according to analysts, Commtouch is about to be evaluated by at least hundreds of millions of Dollars (!) LESS than the original estimates, and some even claim that the whole IPO is in danger, just because this young company underestimated Linux. Conclusion: Next time your boss asks you: "Why the hell do we need this Linux port? What is it good for? Who will pay for it?", just tell him that he may lose $billion because of lack of Linux support. -- Eli Marmor ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
