Bill Gates sells some of his Red Hat stock

Kevin Buettner kev@primenet.com
Mon, 22 May 2000 14:30:47 -0700


On May 22,  2:17pm, Patrick Stoddard wrote:

> Imagine that.  First, Bill dismisses Linux as a serious competitor in
> the marketplace.  Then, he holds up Linux as an example of some 
> competition (and why Microsoft should not be seen as a monopoly), then
> this thing.  Talk about playing both sides against the middle......
> Linux isn't a competitor, but as long as I can make some $$$ on 
> Linux, why not?!    :)

Unless he got in on the IPO last summer, it is unlikely he made any
money on Red Hat stock by selling now.  When I last checked, Red Hat
stock was trading for under $19/share.  (sigh)

Kevin

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