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

[Eric Bennett]

Paul Rickard wrote:
> 
> ========== 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.

All things considered, I'm not sure the sum was all that fat.

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Eric Bennett ( ericb@pobox.com ; http://www.pobox.com/~ericb )

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