AOL/TW wants RedHat

[George Toft]

Looks like a possible take-over to me.  Their stock jumped about
$0.40 when the story broke.  

I think I'll risk a bit of my cash on some RHAT.

George



foodog wrote:
> 
> 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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