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

[Hans Reiser]

Mitch Stone wrote:

>
>Another possible (and more encouraging) speculative scenario: AOL pumps 
>money into Red Hat, helps them develop a strong "brand" and uses that to 
>leverage the big box makers into selling retail Linux boxes. Far-fetched, 
>perhaps, but something to consider. All this assumes Steve Case really 
>wants to go mano-a-mano with Bill Gates.
>
I think this is the most likely explanation.  Case wanting to go 
mano-a-mano seems likely.

Good for him if so.  

Hans