Re: [UUG/MLUG] The Linux Expo speaker is now a very wealthy man...

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you don't necessarily have to be in the valley.....

-jason


Jason P. Talley
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On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Paul Saab wrote:

> Move to the valley if you want to get in on an IPO.  One of the
> guys at work was in on the VA-Linux IPO and made $150,000 in one
> day.  It is all in who you know and who lets you in on their
> friends/family offering.
> 
> paul
> 
> Michael (EMAIL:PROTECTED) wrote:
> > If all these guys are becoming million/billion'ares why won't they give me a
> > lil? Heck I'd appreciate a couple hundred dollars. Maybe get my electric
> > bill payed off before I end up sitting cold in the dark.. or the phone
> > bill.. or the rent.. or food.. wii I wish someone would let me join their
> > IPO at $.04 a share. I'd sell my cans and bottles and invest the cash in
> > stocks so I could earn some money too. :P Lets convince these guys to build
> > a geek city where we can all live and code and do hippy-like things in
> > commune style and they foot the bill. :)
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 09:11:22 -0600 (CST), EMAIL:PROTECTED wrote:
> > 
> > >  
> > >  Eric S. Raymond is on the board of VA Linux, which floated yesterday.
> > >  I was forced to miss the talk, and I really wish I had seen it after
> > >  I read his essay on becoming hugely and unexpectedly wealthy over
> > >  at slashdot...
> > >  
> > >  jking
> > >  
> > >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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