AOL/TW wants RedHat

[foodog]

I suppose it'd be a Good Thing overall.  I'd love to be able to watch
Billg and Co. get the news :-) :-)

I can't help but wonder why they don't just download the iso images and
hire a team of programmers instead of doing the Borg routine with the
whole frickin' company?  Must be nice to have a couple billion extra
bucks burning a hole in your pocket.

Steve

Tom Achtenberg wrote:
> 
> While I dislike AOL,  I don't see this as a particularly bad move.  It would
> definitely help mainstream Linux and possibly fund the development for
> making the desktops functionally able to compete with MS.  Remember they
> already own Netscape which has been supporting Linux for a long time.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Digital Wokan" <wokan@home.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.mybutt.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: AOL/TW wants RedHat
> 
> It's not like they can undo the GPL.  Another company can just as easily
> pick up the pieces of Red Hat and start Yellow Jacket Linux or
> something.  The only thing lost there is the "name brand" Red Hat has
> established.
> 
> "J.Francois" wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure how I like this.
> > Does it mean AOL/TW will start trying to make its users smarter?
> > Will they try to stop us pesky OpenSource users from making
> > anymore MP3s or ripping DVDs?
> >
> > You decide:
> > http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html
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