Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 17:43:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 17:42:42 -0500 Received: from mail3.aracnet.com ([216.99.193.38]:25480 "EHLO mail3.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 19 Jan 2002 17:42:40 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:42:52 -0800 (PST) From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" To: Subject: Re: [OT] Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? In-Reply-To: <20020119223029.GA1690@home.parts-unknown.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 The COUGAR Project http://www.borasky-research.com/Cougar.htm "I'm not a saxophone, but I play one on TV!" -- Bill Clinton - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/