[ale] VA Linux IPO

[patman at io.com (Patman)]

I thought it opened around $232/share to the mortals that walk this earth? 

That's why you don't really see the price below the $240 mark for its
first day of trading. 

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Robbie Honerkamp wrote:

> Thus spake yellow (sarchie at bigfoot.com):
> 
> > > Can you believe the opening price of $300 dollars a share.  I guess
> > > Mandrake's a millionaire........
> > 
> > the opening was $30.
> 
> The opening was about $300/share. I've seen reports that it opened
> at over $300, CNN says it opened at $299. The initial IPO offering was $30.
> 
> Robbie
>