Re[2]: [Am-info] AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat

[Gene Gaines]

Geoffrey,

You do not think M$sucks killed off Netscape.

You do not think?

Gene
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com

On Saturday, January 19, 2002, 5:27:27 PM, Geoffrey wrote:



> Mitch Stone wrote:

>> --- From a message sent by John Bryan on 1/19/02 10:12 AM ---
>> 
>> 
>>>http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html
>>>
>>>By Alec Klein,
>>>Washington Post Staff Writer
>>>Saturday, January 19, 2002; 9:14 AM
>>>
>>>AOL Time Warner Inc. is in talks to buy Red Hat Inc., a prominent 
>>>distributor of a computer operating system, an acquisition that would 
>>>position the media giant to challenge arch rival Microsoft Corp., 
>>>according to sources familiar with the matter.
>>>
>>>more...
>>>
>> 
>> This development is really puzzling. What possible use could AOL-TW have 
>> for Red Hat? About as much as they did for Netscape? Even less, I'd 
>> think, since they don't get any unique technology from Red Hat.


> Possibly an attempt to kill off Red Hat as they virtually did to netscape.


>> 
>>  Mitch Stone  
>>  mitch@accidentalexpert.com
>> 
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