paulruizendaal wrote:

> I have found an interesting public link about valuation:
> http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en/content/download/13662/172379/file/KBC-
> Analyse-MDK-flash-20050920-en.pdf
>
>
>
> The main driver of value would seem to be revenue per head. This
> differs enormously between companies:
>
> IBP 2004: 180 / 6 = 30K
> Mandriva 2005: 5,000 / 130 = 38K
> MySQL 2004: 20,000 / 150 = 130K
> MySQL 2005: 40,000 / 250 = 160K
> Red Hat 2005: 200,000 / 1,000 = 200K
>
>

Interesting comparison - what I feel is wrong here about IBP: It should
not be done on number of person but rather on full time equivalents. I
don't know if the people Paul B. mentioned working for IBP are doing
that full time or not but I rather guess not. So maybe more accurate
could be:
180 / 4 = 45K
Looks already a bit better!

cheers
Daniel