[Am-info] AOL/RH merger (denied) now makes some sense

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.01.23 08:58 AM, Joe Moore typed: ============

>Would it be that far-fetched to see them buy another?  Of course, it would
>make more sense for them to buy one like Caldera, who also owns the rights
>to DR-DOS and would have an anticompetitive suit for that, too, but by
>tripling any damages, this could be an extremely good investment for AOL.
>
>Am I missing something here?

   Caldera already won that lawsuit - or settled it for a rather fat 
undisclosed sum, anyway; it can't be won again.




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