All i know is the first time i install a desktop intall of RHL and i see or hear "You've got mail" ill be downloading and learning some other distro. I hear Debian is pretty good. Just my 2 cents. Jim. (a store bought owner/supporter of RHL since 5.2, and yes i have access to a t1 and a burner, no i didnt need to buy it)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Devon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 21 January 2002 12:00 pm, Chuck Mead wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Chris Montgomery posted the following: > > > > CM>There's a link to the story on the Reuters home page, under > > Technology, so CM>I would say it's legit. http://www.reuters.com > > > > it's also found its way on to cnn.com! > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/industry/01/21/aol.red.hat.ap/index.html > > Both articles quote the initial report in the Washington Post as their > sole source, however. > > Oddly enough, CNN reported something along these lines earlier. > > On December 31, 2001. :) > > It wasn't a merger the author predicted, but still... > > In their top 10 linux predictions for 2002, available at > http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/12/31/linux.predictions.idg/ > > I quote: > - ------ > 8. You have (secure) mail > > AOL will stun the world by releasing a beta AOL client for Linux. (AOL > Time Warner is the parent company of CNN.com.) This event will be marked > by both howls of protest and celebration. Command-line interface (CLI) > diehards will proclaim it to be the death of Linux. Most will simply > acknowledge its growing popularity. > - ----- End quote. > > My own (tongue in cheek) prediction: > > Personally, I think the merger talks are a diversion. They are really > working out a marketing deal that puts an AOL icon on the default > desktop. Purchase of the Red Hat Linux (version X.P.) boxed set will > include 2000 free hours of AOL service. Every time you insert one of the > install CD's, you'll be asked if you are sure you don't want to subscribe > to AOL. Each time you refuse to install it, another install CD will > automatically appear in your mailbox, your cereal box, stuffed inside > your morning paper...... along with a note saying, "Resistance is futile, > you will be assimilated." > > Since this thread isn't going to just die on it's own, I figured I might > as well quit trying to ignore it and have a little fun. :) > > - -D > > - -- > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8TMkOeMAUbzJhSVcRAl9aAKCYQQ7OzK3LaSwgYlRSxoj0k4ivpACfUt4Z > vAfcreouxl+Xp/5q+7e6AyQ= > =FgWA > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
