AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat?

Werner Puschitz

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Jan 19, 2002, 12:45:36 AM1/19/02

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Pagani, Ronald

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Jan 19, 2002, 3:50:38 AM1/19/02

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Now, what on earth would they want with RedHat?? Hrmm.. Microsloth ain't
seen nothin' if that monster emerges...

robert w hall

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Jan 19, 2002, 6:44:59 PM1/19/02

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In article <9C5DA8E6-0CB9-11D6...@mac.com>, Pagani,
Ronald <pag...@mac.com> writes

>Now, what on earth would they want with RedHat?? Hrmm.. Microsloth ain't
>seen nothin' if that monster emerges...

well - AOL could replace that nice-looking young lady in their tele-ads
(the one with the dress like a vdu) with Alan Cox in Wizard's hat n
cloak :-)

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robert w hall

Ian S. Nelson

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Jan 19, 2002, 7:15:03 PM1/19/02

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Werner Puschitz wrote:

>http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.htm
>

So does that mean there will be al...@aol.com?

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M A

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Jan 21, 2002, 1:32:56 AM1/21/02

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The move by AOl will have a major impact on the linux community.
Linux will enter the consumer market in mass !
IBM is pushing linux on the business(server) side.

Cheers,

m a

On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, robert w hall wrote:

> In article <9C5DA8E6-0CB9-11D6...@mac.com>, Pagani,
> Ronald <pag...@mac.com> writes
> >Now, what on earth would they want with RedHat?? Hrmm.. Microsloth ain't
> >seen nothin' if that monster emerges...
>
> well - AOL could replace that nice-looking young lady in their tele-ads
> (the one with the dress like a vdu) with Alan Cox in Wizard's hat n
> cloak :-)
>
> --
> robert w hall

Alan Cox

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Jan 21, 2002, 11:35:45 AM1/21/02

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> well - AOL could replace that nice-looking young lady in their tele-ads
> (the one with the dress like a vdu) with Alan Cox in Wizard's hat n
> cloak :-)
>
> --
> robert w hall

Well I've no idea on the rumours (and if I did I wouldnt tell you!) but Im
insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH if aol/time
warner owned them.

Alan

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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Jan 21, 2002, 3:06:35 PM1/21/02

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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > well - AOL could replace that nice-looking young lady in their
> > tele-ads (the one with the dress like a vdu) with Alan Cox in
> > Wizard's hat n cloak :-)
> >
> > -- robert w hall

> Well I've no idea on the rumours (and if I did I wouldnt tell you!)
> but Im insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH
> if aol/time warner owned them.

Sadly, I've heard statements like this before; I've even made them :-).
If it were a choice between AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat and not working on
Linux, would you still make that choice? If it were a choice between
working for AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat or working for Red Hat and competing
with AOL/Time Warner/Mandrake, would you still make that choice? The
world of business, where money talks, presents us with interesting
choices from time to time :).

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Stephan von Krawczynski

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Jan 21, 2002, 3:53:05 PM1/21/02

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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:06:35 -0800 (PST)
"M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zn...@aracnet.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Well I've no idea on the rumours (and if I did I wouldnt tell you!)
> > but Im insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH
> > if aol/time warner owned them.
>
> Sadly, I've heard statements like this before; I've even made them :-).
> If it were a choice between AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat and not working on
> Linux, would you still make that choice? If it were a choice between
> working for AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat or working for Red Hat and competing
> with AOL/Time Warner/Mandrake, would you still make that choice? The
> world of business, where money talks, presents us with interesting
> choices from time to time :).

Hm, I find it particularly interesting that you seem to classify AOL/Time
Warner as "bad boys". I can't really agree on this, based on a simple
thought: this deal (if it really happens) is purely strategic from their
side, they will not earn a single buck with it. Instead chances are high
RH is going to be a high flyer afterwards, we all know where they want to
go tomorrow :-)
I can see big chances arising, why not take them?
Just go ahead, Steve!
(I can say that frankly here, he's not going to read it anyway ;-)

Regards,
Stephan

Xavier Bestel

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Jan 21, 2002, 4:15:21 PM1/21/02

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On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 21:06, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Well I've no idea on the rumours (and if I did I wouldnt tell you!)
> > but Im insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH
> > if aol/time warner owned them.
>
> Sadly, I've heard statements like this before; I've even made them :-).
> If it were a choice between AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat and not working on
> Linux, would you still make that choice? If it were a choice between
> working for AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat or working for Red Hat and competing
> with AOL/Time Warner/Mandrake, would you still make that choice? The
> world of business, where money talks, presents us with interesting
> choices from time to time :).

D O N ' T F E E D T H E T R O L L ! !

;)