AOL + Linux?

adny · 01-21-2002, 11:43 PM

hehe

I'm not sure if this goes in the "image" category, but it makes me laugh...

01-22-2002, 12:03 AM

Thankfully, that rumor has been quelled. AOL/TW is, I believe, worse than Microsoft. I really wouldn't want them having any controlling interest in one of my favorite Linux distributions and, I might add, the one that's most likely to make any inroads for marketshare. That would be a bad thing. Could you imagine - Digital Rights Management built into Red Hat?

juju · 01-23-2002, 12:03 AM

Has the rumor been quelled? I tried to tell people that it didn't make any sense, but they didn't want to listen to me.

Undertoad · 01-23-2002, 07:43 AM

Yup, they say they were never in talks and by the end of the day RHAT stock was down about a half a buck.

jaguar · 01-23-2002, 05:33 PM

PIty, seemed liek a good iea to me, from the perspective of hte larger linux community. My guesstimate was they wantedit for embedded stuff rather than desktop and iether way i would have though mandrake would have been better but its still a pity.

01-21-2002, 11:43 PM	#1
adny stinky farty smelly Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 59	AOL + Linux? hehe I'm not sure if this goes in the "image" category, but it makes me laugh... Last edited by adny; 01-21-2002 at 11:46 PM.

01-23-2002, 05:33 PM	#5
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01-22-2002, 12:03 AM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Thankfully, that rumor has been quelled. AOL/TW is, I believe, worse than Microsoft. I really wouldn't want them having any controlling interest in one of my favorite Linux distributions and, I might add, the one that's most likely to make any inroads for marketshare. That would be a bad thing. Could you imagine - Digital Rights Management built into Red Hat?

01-23-2002, 12:03 AM	#3
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Has the rumor been quelled? I tried to tell people that it didn't make any sense, but they didn't want to listen to me.

01-23-2002, 07:43 AM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yup, they say they were never in talks and by the end of the day RHAT stock was down about a half a buck.

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