An Open Letter to Mr. Lyons PDF Print
Written by Frank Sfalanga   
Wednesday, 31 August 2005
Mr. Lyons,
Thank you for the article Has Open Source Become A Marketing Slogan? which was recently posted at Forbes.com.

A couple of things you wrote miss the mark but all in all it was a well written piece.

VA Linux chose LNUX as their stock symbol (back when they were selling Linux server hardware).  Only later did the company become VA Software.  The way you wrote about it makes it seem like they continue to deliberately use their stock symbol (something they shouldn't have to change) to mislead consumers.  I don't think that's their intent - you seem to insinuate that it is (was).
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