VA Linux: Easy Come, Easy Go
from the sounds-good dept
A look at some folks in VA Linux and their response to having a huge fortune and losing it just as quickly. The article makes it out as if everyone there just doesn't care. They're on a mission, and the money doesn't matter. It certainly sounds good. I wonder how many VA Linux employees actually believe it, though.
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It's the churn rate stupid (i.e. VA linux and not
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Counting chickens before hatched
I think that he was subject to some lockup restrictions and/or vesting requirements that meant he couldn't cash in for a couple of years, and now that his huge paper fortune has dwindled to something less than one million, I can't find that original message anywhere.
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