Even if they fixed the stupid things that RH has caused themselves over the past few releases, I still would not trust the bastards(AOL). I will guarentee they will subcode every damn thing on your install.
Bob Staaf wrote: > > AOL/Time Warner buying Red Hat might be great for those who use Linux as a > Desktop workstation but, anyone actually believe they care about competing > in the server market? AOL is just looking for a way to get the AOL virus > spread to the world without having to pay Microsoft. I for one will find > another distribution or more than likely go with Sun/Solaris if Red Hat > sells out. > > Bob Staaf > Southern Web Services > Orlando, Fl > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernhard Rosenkraenzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 5:31 AM > Subject: Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat > > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Andrew Smith wrote: > > > > If this were to happen... > > > > > 1) It WILL mean linux is more wide spread > > > > Which would be the good news about this deal. Certainly better than being > > bought by Microsoft. > > > > > 4) Once a big company gets involved - will it mean the end of a lot > > > of the smaller distributions (I don't think so - but ...) > > > > I don't think so, particularily because quite a few people who hate the > > big company would run off to them. > > > > > 5) Time to buy RedHat shares? (damn I'm broke!!!) :-) > > > > Rather not, they'll go down as soon as someone reveals it isn't true. ;) > > > > > 6) Hopefully the GPL and Linus will keep them honest if it does happen > > > > Well, if the GPL and Linus don't, we would. > > They don't have much of a use in buying Red Hat if all the engineers > > leave, and I certainly won't work for anyone violating the GPL or > > taking everything under the BSD license proprietary. > > There's always Conectiva or Mandrake to run off to. > > > > LLaP > > bero > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- robert canary system services OhioCounty.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (270)298-9331 Office (270)298-7449 Fax _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
