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January 21st, 2002, 04:59 AM
#11
it'll never happen
linux is independent and will always be that way.
i believe that anyone whether it be m$ or aol
tries to buy out linux
they will not sell out
even if they do
another distro will be created mirrioring linux
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January 21st, 2002, 05:52 AM
#12
Member
THIS SUX0RS
Man, aol and linux? It's scary. Then again with national ID cards getting thrown around, who knows what'll happen. If aol does take over redhat everyone email them nasty letters........ Man I'm soooo glad I bought SuSE!
Ask Why?
\"The most incomprehensible thing about the world, is that it is at all comprehensible\" -Albert Einstein
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January 21st, 2002, 06:05 AM
#13
Technically, whether it happens or not it shouldnt really sway the market too much either way.
I've worked with Cobalt products for a long time before Sun pulled the merger...
and I still work with great Cobalt products, look what happened to netscape... I still use it, and it still suits my needs.
Keep in mind there is a business side to this as well, Redhat is one of the only Linux distro's that I absolutely hate... I'm uncomfortable with it, and the only major thing it has left is it's popularity. If AOL and Redhat do pull some merge, it will probably be benificial to both products, however the changes to the products will be unnoticed. The changes that will happen will be more on the marketing/funding front. I dont see AOL integrated with Redhat or vice versa.... but then again the new cobalt systems (even though owned by SUN now) are running intel processors..... It's the business side that will change... more in AOL's favor through the exploitation of the popularity of "open source".
Who knows, maybe with the change, AOL might actually improve... punch out a second product for those of us who prefer functionality over "user friendliness".
dont fear it... dont hate it.... dont agree with it either unless you have a couple million to sway someones business plan... theres nothing you can do.
For me... as long as SuSE, FreeBSD, and Solaris are around... I'll live
just my opinion
~THEJRC~
~THEJRC~
I\'ll preach my pessimism right out loud to anyone that listens!
I\'m not afraid to be alive.... I\'m afraid to be alone.
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January 21st, 2002, 06:31 AM
#14
Member
re
sources also said that redhat was in favor of the merger!!!
and another thought how will the hackers take this if linux is there world ???
Life is like a **** sandwich,
The more bread u have the less **** u have to eat
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January 21st, 2002, 08:17 AM
#15
Re: re
Originally posted by dark1
sources also said that redhat was in favor of the merger!!!
???
What sources? Can you post a link please?
I think I'm going to remain very skeptical about this untill I see actual proof......
On a side note--- If this does happen do you think we'll see Red Hat come out on those annoying AOL CD's? You know the ones- "100 hours free with AOL"....Now that would be something!
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January 21st, 2002, 08:26 AM
#16
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January 21st, 2002, 11:43 AM
#17
Nowadays with all these mergers and takeovers this shouldn´t surprise us a bit.
Let´s just hope IBM will do the same to RH as it did to SuSE. When SuSE went bancrupt IBM came to the rescue.
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January 21st, 2002, 04:22 PM
#18
Member
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January 27th, 2002, 12:41 AM
#19
Senior Member
AOL and Microsoft have been at battle for a while now, with AOL's browser-in-ISP and Microsoft's IE/MSN ISP.
AOL bought Netscape 3 yrs ago and still in in their installation use IE.
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January 27th, 2002, 01:30 AM
#20
How in Gods' name did I lose 9 points for this thread? I didn't even have an opinion! LOL...Oh well, it's a conspiracy I tells ya!
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