Comment Re:Lets be realistic about LNUX (Score 1) 267
The target market for proprietary SourceForge extensions is tiny. The market for SourceForge at all, even the free version, above and beyond plain CVS is small as it stands.
Right! I just don't get it. Ever heard of an FTP server behind a firewall? Why bother with a slow, buggy geek solution when you can just get to the data?
Just checked, and VA stock is already down over 5% today. What I find hilarious is that they have lost, in one quarter, 400% of the share price, which keeps falling. As an investor myself, this is the worst possible time to buy the stock. It could take years for it to get back up over $5.
I can't figure out why companies insist on spending every last dollar when its obvious that it isn't going to happen.
I think the problem with a lot of these tech boom-bust companies is their explosive growth, not in market valuation, but in infrastructure. They worked parts of their business just fine, but they spent too much on hiring too many employees and leases on space. They all told us it was a "new economy", but they fell victim to old economy bloat. Now that profits are dry, they can't respond. Smaller companies, or companies which have multiple business segments with smaller staff levels in each (like Microsoft) seem to be able to react and produce much better than one trick ponies with six layers of management.
Right! I just don't get it. Ever heard of an FTP server behind a firewall? Why bother with a slow, buggy geek solution when you can just get to the data?
Just checked, and VA stock is already down over 5% today. What I find hilarious is that they have lost, in one quarter, 400% of the share price, which keeps falling. As an investor myself, this is the worst possible time to buy the stock. It could take years for it to get back up over $5.
I can't figure out why companies insist on spending every last dollar when its obvious that it isn't going to happen.
I think the problem with a lot of these tech boom-bust companies is their explosive growth, not in market valuation, but in infrastructure. They worked parts of their business just fine, but they spent too much on hiring too many employees and leases on space. They all told us it was a "new economy", but they fell victim to old economy bloat. Now that profits are dry, they can't respond. Smaller companies, or companies which have multiple business segments with smaller staff levels in each (like Microsoft) seem to be able to react and produce much better than one trick ponies with six layers of management.
