By David Rubinstein T o the zealots of open source, Linux represents the best of what's good about computer development. They believe it can restore the industry to the lofty place it held in their minds.
Financial folks tend to be more pragmatic.
Lofty ideals are fine, so long as money can be made off of them. So far, the two beliefs have not been mutually exclusive. The company's stock price climbed a ridiculous 700 percent in a day. Well, Red Hat has announced another offering of its stock. It is expected the company will make available 2.75 million shares and certain stockholders will ante up an additional 1.25 million shares.