329:. The company raised $ 132 million, offering shares at $ 30/share, but the shares opened for trading at $ 299/share, before closing at $ 239.25/share, or 698% above the IPO price, breaking a record for the largest first day gain. Larry Augustin, the 38-year old founder and chief executive officer of the company, became a billionaire on paper and a 26-year old web developer at the company said she was worth $ 10 million on paper. By August 2000, the shares were trading at $ 40 each and only 24
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workstations that were available at the time. During its initial years of operation, the business was profitable and grew quickly, with over $ 100 million in sales and a 10% profit margin in 1998. It was the vendor of pre-installed Linux computers, with approximately 20% of the Linux hardware market.
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1156:Orlowski, Andrew (June 29, 2001).
1137:"VA Linux Gives Up The Hard Stuff"
1135:Schiffman, Betsy (June 28, 2001).
1116:"VA Linux Drops Hardware Division"
729:Fisher, Lawrence M. (1999-12-10).
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665:"Dell plus Sun equals VA Research"
262:domain. In May 1999, VA created a
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637:Mardesich, Jodi (July 5, 1999).
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1056:"VA Linux beats the Street"
953:"VA Linux Buys Andover.Net"
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840:"VA Linux rockets on debut"
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937:The Wall Street Journal
872:The Wall Street Journal
597:San Francisco Chronicle
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37:VA Research (1993–1999)
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388:Sumitomo Corporation
382:Japanese partnership
250:, marketing company
2500:Conspiracy of Fools
2493:Blood on the Street
2360:Tradex Technologies
1973:Akamai Technologies
1922:Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
1451:"What's in a name?"
1439:. February 1, 2011.
1403:. November 4, 2009.
1245:. December 8, 2003.
1207:. December 7, 2001.
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848:. December 9, 1999.
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190:Stanford University
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2461:Sarbanes–Oxley Act
2328:Scout Electromedia
2103:Epidemic Marketing
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639:"VA Linux Systems"
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