Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:42:52 -0800 (PST) | From | "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? |
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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
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