Re: [OT] Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat?

From: M. Edward (Ed) Borasky (znmeb@aracnet.com)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 17:42:52 EST

On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, David Benfell wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:45:36 -0500, Werner Puschitz wrote:
> >
> > http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html
> >
> Forgive the mind-numbing question but, it says, "But the AOL software
> could be configured to override Windows and launch a version of Red
> Hat's Linux operating system, sources said."
>
> Now, my idea of overriding Windows is blowing it away, or at least
> making the system dual-boot. I'm having trouble reconciling the
> concepts. Can anyone shed some light?

Folks, what we have here is a potential disaster in the making. AOL is
trying to compete with MicroSoft. If they buy Red Hat and replace the
world-class Red Hat support model with a MicroSoft-style support model,
I for one will go elsewhere for Linux distributions. You guys at Red Hat
-- please don't let this happen! 

-- 
M. Edward Borasky
znmeb@borasky-research.net

The COUGAR Project
http://www.borasky-research.com/Cougar.htm

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