Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat

["Andrew Smith" <rhml k1k2 com>]

> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:18:38AM -0500, Werner Puschitz wrote:
>> 
>> http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html
> 
> Say it ain't so....
> 
> -- 
> Hal Burgiss

That was my first thought.
2nd thought - hmm - a big company spreading Linux all around the world!
3rd thought - hey hey hey hey - what was I thinking - this is AOL!!!

I guess there is no doubt there will be many issues if it happens:
1) It WILL mean linux is more wide spread
2) It MAY mean that AOL will try to take some control over linux
   - of course it shouldn't matter - but then again Time Warner is BIG
3) I'm sure there would be many who would run screaming to another
   Linux distribution!
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 ...)
5) Time to buy RedHat shares? (damn I'm broke!!!) :-)
6) Hopefully the GPL and Linus will keep them honest if it does happen
7) Change the Status Quo - good - bad - some like change - others dont
   lets hope if it happens that it has no real bad side effects
8) ... ok I'm rambling here - I guess I'm just going into shock :-)
-- 
-Cheers
-Andrew

MS ... if only he hadn't been hang gliding!