[Halfmanhalfamazing]

^^^^^^^^^^^^Dell started in his garage and is now a billionaire. Nobody will be doing that with Linux.^^^^^^^^^^^^

You've never heard of Marc Ewing, have you?

http://www.redhat.com/about/corporate/timeline.html

^^^^^^^^^^^^1994
Marc Ewing creates his own distribution of Linux which he names Red Hat Linux. Released in October, it becomes known as the Halloween release.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What are the possibilities that he was somewhere in the area of his garage when he did this?

He may not be a *B*illionaire, but I'm sure he's laughing all the way to the bank.

If things keep up, he may very well end up being a billionaire.

[Golden Eagle]

You've never heard of Marc Ewing, have you?

Not in almost 10 years now, no. Who has? I just did a Google search on him, the first link that comes up is from the 90's on Salon.com about how he was taking on Microsoft. Red Hat is now run by the Szulik family based on the latest reports. The Chinese rename it "Red Flag", all legal, as you probably already know.

[antiRepublicrat]

He may not be a *B*illionaire, but I'm sure he's laughing all the way to the bank.

He was a billionaire before the dotcom bust. He's in the several hundred million range right now. But GE's right in a way -- it wasn't a garage, but a spare bedroom.