> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Matthew Gardiner
> wrote
> on Mon, 17 Sep 2001 02:51:46 GMT
> >> > LOL! first there is corporate welfare, now their is corporate chariety.
> >Here
> >> > is a hint, buy some REAL long term shares, you know, the ones you can
> >hold
> >> > on for atleast 20 years and get a reasonable return.
> >> > Matthew Gardiner
> >> > > A lot of people are going to buy stock on Monday,
> >> > > http://www.veryComputer.com/
> >> > > I want to do my part and try and help out as much as possible.
> >> > > Which Linux stock would you recommend ?
> >> > > Even if it drops, I plan to keep it for the long term.
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > > Peter
> >> IE Not Linux stock.
> >IE Not Tech Stocks.
> I thought IE was a browser?
> :-)
> On a more serious note: buy low, sell high, future growth, etc.
> The market mechanics haven't changed just because a couple buildings
> fell down killing 10,000 [*] or so people, sad as that might be
> because some idiotic terrorists decide it's a grand idea to commit
> mass * via plane hijacking to advance who knows what kind of
> cause.
Buy solid stocks, reap yearly dividends. If you have to sell, wait for
a high *year*. Although I just bought $10000+ diversified (blue chip)
stocks before the attack they're still up on the purchase price.
Quote:> (I do wonder, though. It's either criminally heinous, or
> criminally stupid. Sigh. And very depressing.)
> (Side point: there is no "Linux" stock. There might be some
> stocks of companies which use Linux -- IBM comes to mind.)
The problem is that no-one has been able to figure out the value of many
tech stocks. Comapnies that sell hardware - IBM, Apple, Sun, sure, can
be measured against the sale of their product. Strong software sellers,
eg. M$ also sell OK. Nebulous web service companies, online journalism,
open source ???.
Quote:> [.sigsnip]
> [*] my estimate, nothing official. Let's hope it's far fewer than that.
Looks more like 5500.
IanP
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