VA Linux...er...Systems dragging someone else down (Score 1)

Back in the old days when VA wasn't concerned with stock price and things were truly free (pick your own definition) there wouldn't have been a higher "authority" calling the shots. Andover.net seemed generally interested in getting the info out. But then VA came along with their "Biggest IPO in history" and started buying up everyone in the name of maintaining "the community". They're so in the crapper right now that they removed Linux from their name and started scrambling to try and make money. I worked for a startup and we were talking to VA about buying hardware. They weren't terribly interested in dealing with us. They were looking for bigger accounts. Meanwhile there wasn't a lot of bigger accounts using Linux but probably lots of smaller ones. It's a shame that something good has to suffer because of a company that claimed to be supporting the community but in reality really was only interested in lining their own pockets. I'm not saying that people shouldn't make money. I am saying that they shouldn't pretend to be something that they're not.