[olug] AOL Linux?

[Robert A. Jacobs]

>From Slashdot:

AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat?

[Red Hat Software] Posted by michael on Friday January 18, @11:07PM
from the drm-coming-to-rpm dept.

bstadil sent in this rumor
[http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html]. The Washington Post
isn't exactly a rumor site, so there's probably truth behind it. Wow. It
would make a great deal of sense for AOL/Time-Warner to acquire an
operating system for leverage against Microsoft - same reason they
bought Netscape.


Yikes!  Can you believe it?  Man, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. 
Red Hat swallowed whole by AOL-Time-Warner but the opportunity to spread
linux even further.  My favorite quote from the article:

"But the AOL software could be configured to override Windows and launch
a version of Red Hat's Linux operating system, sources said."




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