April 6th, 2004

SpeculatingStocks.com Stock Pick: VA Software Corporation (LNUX)

Price: $1.61 (long-term strong buy)

VA Software Corporation is the provider of SourceForge Enterprise Edition, the industry leading, web-based solution for streamlining and managing distributed software development. VA Software owns OSDN, who holds Slashdot.org, SourceForge.net, and Linux.com plus other popular sites.

Linux continues to become increasingly popular as Linux applications begin to outperform Microsoft applications in their Windows operating system. VA Software has key processes and properties within the Linux space that will allow them to play a strong Linux hand in the future.

It is now a perfect time to accumulate LNUX with strong support support at current levels. LNUX has been above $1.60 for the last 22 months.

The USAToday.com just did an article on Linux applications making the operating system more appealing. Article

SpeculatingStocks.com Target Price: We expect LNUX to hit $2.50 within the next 2-4 months.