this is the stuff you miss when you don't subscribe to my news list :-) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eitan Shefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: technology list v2.0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A lot of news coming out from Utah. The settlement with Microsoft, which is not fully disclosed, but it looks like MS is paying caldera 150Million $ or so.. Not too shabby (especially considering Caldera bought DR-dos for $400,000, nice return on investment). http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000110/tc/tech_microsoft_3.html Ah, yes, and they filed for an IPO too: http://www.ipo.com/ipoinfo/profile.asp?p=IPO&c=0001102542 Actually it's more cash then what Caldera will get from the IPO (57Million). After the IPO they will have more then 200Million in the bank which might even be more then red-hat has at the moment. The heat is on.. Eitan. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, as Eitan pointed out later, if you don't calculate the gain on the 10s of millions invested in VA and Red Hat were pre-IPO, 150 million is the biggest cash infusion any ony one company gave a linux company so far. it's Comforting to know that money comes from Microsoft :-))) also, I seem to remember they bought DR-DOS for just under $60,000, just a tad higher than what QDOS cost Bill Gates two decades earlier. can anyone confirm if it was $60K of $400K? ================================================================= 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]
