Re:Do they need to? (Score 2)

Another possible reason for making an IPO and letting the "overspeculation of a million tech-hyper investors" is to finance the free software. Think about it... If you're working to produce the best OS in the world and you want to spend all your time on it then why not let some financial weenies from wallstreet pay your salary. Or you could offer your best people stock options to encourage them to stay with you and not bail out for higher paying jobs. This is after all still a competetive industry and our economy is still based on making money to pay the bills.

just my $.02