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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: voidmain on 20 January 2002, 04:28

Title: RedHat being bought out by AOL? Tell me it isn't so...
Post by: voidmain on 20 January 2002, 04:28

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5064-2002Jan18.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5064-2002Jan18.html)

Just like the day RedHat IPO'd, I don't know quite what to think of this one... I did send a nasty note to AOL quite some time ago because you could only use their service if you had a Winblows box, but I didn't think they would buy out RedHat in response to my angry note!  (http://smile.gif)

Title: RedHat being bought out by AOL? Tell me it isn't so...
Post by: voidmain on 22 January 2002, 00:17

Well we'll see if it really happens.  I personally don't think it will. The nice thing about it is, if they do get bought out by AOL, I can just switch to Debian and keep on truckin.  Another nice thing is instead of all those AOL users running MS/IE they'll be running RH/NS.  It will also mean all those crappy web sites out there who are only friendly to IE will have to change their coding or lose business. Yes!!

Title: RedHat being bought out by AOL? Tell me it isn't so...
Post by: NESnerd on 22 January 2002, 02:31

My friend told me about this today. He made it sound like they already did though, so I'm hoping they don't because...you know, it's AOL.

Title: RedHat being bought out by AOL? Tell me it isn't so...
Post by: angryrobot on 25 January 2002, 01:20

AOL has completely denied this:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/01/23/aol.linux.idg/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/01/23/aol.linux.idg/index.html)