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On Thu, 9 May 2002, Jay Nugent wrote:
> On Thu, 9 May 2002, dep wrote:
>
> > http://computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0%2C10801%2C71003%2C00.html?nlid=AM
>
>    Gee... $15 Million in revenue is a "Bad Thing"(tm)???  Not the $18
> Million they expected.  What sort of P/E does the $15 mil represent?  I
> would have to say that is GOOD news in light of the number of Linux
> distributions that tanked in the last 12 months.
>
>    And I'm not at all suprised to hear they are cutting costs and letting
> go their Chief Technology officer.  They are long overdue to perform a bit
> of 'restructuring'...

Caldera has been doing 'silent' restructing for over a year now, and it
hasn't shown a bit of progress in moving out of the red.

I almost take this announcement as an act of desperation, where they're
saying "Hey remember us, we're trying to stop the bleeding, so please buy
from us".

I wonder if Caldera will exist a year from now.

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