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

[Hans Reiser]

John Poltorak wrote:

>On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 08:58:15AM -0500, Joe Moore wrote:
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>>Although AOL has denied rumors that they are in acquisition talks with RedHat,
>>the recent AOL/Netscape vs Microsoft lawsuit puts this merger in a new light
>>to me.
>>
>>AOL has purchased one company which has a viable antitrust lawsuit against
>>Microsoft.
>>
>>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?
>>
>
>Microsoft have already settled with Caldera - out of court, of course, so 
>we don't know how much it cost them, or what gagging order they were able 
>to put on Calders as part of the settlement.
>
> 
>
>>--Joe
>>-- 
>>When you find yourself on the cutting edge of technology, remember:
>>   The trailing edge is sharper than the leading edge.
>>
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IIRC, the settlement was for $130 million.

Hans