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VA Linux

"Same job. Different cubicle"
With the promise of stock riches now a distant dream, VA Linux's former programmers keep the open-source faith.
By Sam Williams Jul 31, 2002
Crafting the free-software future
At VA Linux's SourceForge, thousands of programmers are collaborating for both love and money.
By Ed Frauenheim Mar 6, 2001
After the fall
Executives at Women.com, VA Linux, Productopia and others forge a path into post-market correction Silicon Valley.
By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Andrew Leonard Apr 28, 2000
Can't buy Linux love
The stumbles of a Kleiner Perkins-funded Linux start-up prove that money isn't everything in the world of free software.
By Andrew Leonard Apr 11, 2000
The shape of open source to come
VA Linux purchases Andover.net, corporate parent to Slashdot. Will the "news for nerds" site maintain its editorial independence?
By Andrew Leonard Feb 3, 2000
Can Linux billionaires carry the free-software torch?
As dot-com mania sends shares in open-source companies soaring, the movement searches its soul.
By Andrew Leonard Dec 23, 1999
Letters to the Editor
Would Jimmy Swaggart's God forbid sex? Plus: Merger rumors behind hot VA Linux IPO; reducing Russia to vodka-swilling stereotype.
Letters to the Editor Dec 17, 1999
Microsoft, Mahir and money, money, money
A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech.
By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein, Andrew Leonard and Kaitlin Quistgaard Dec 15, 1999
Dissecting the VA Linux IPO
Its stock soared 698 percent on opening day -- but does that mean investors really believe it's got a gilded future?
By Mark Gimein Dec 10, 1999
The Red Hat diaries
Are Linux coders and Linux companies on different paths? A slapdash new book and a recent flurry of corporate maneuvers suggest just that.
By Andrew Leonard Oct 14, 1999
Red Hot
The open-source movement basks in the glow of a successful IPO for Red Hat, the first Linux company to go public.
By Andrew Leonard Aug 12, 1999
Is Red Hat becoming Linux's Microsoft?
Hardly. But as the lovey-dovey Linux business matures, elbows are beginning to fly.
By Andrew Leonard Jul 14, 1999
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