One of the more curious dotcom era startups was VA Linux. In a way, it makes sense, because so much of the dotcom boom was powered by Linux, so we’d expect a Linux company to do well in those times. But VA Linux operated on a business model that doesn’t really exist anymore. Its December 9, 1999 IPO set a record for its time.

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.










