From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CFF3EA1B for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:22:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [12.107.208.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g0L3M8W08918 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:22:08 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0L3M8a12863 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:22:08 -0500 Received: from femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.32]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0L3M8C12858 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:22:08 -0500 Received: from cp286066a ([65.1.242.194]) by femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20020121032207.OZSP3734.femail38.sdc1.sfba.home.com@cp286066a> for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:22:07 -0800 Message-ID: <002701c1a22a$ce4689e0$c2f20141@cp286066a> From: "David Poehlman" To: References: <20020120171718.A15510@ark.linwin.com> Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:22:05 -0500 Organization: Hands-on Technolog(eye)s MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mail.redhat.com id g0L3M8a12863 Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: but he's the modorator. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafael" To: Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 12:05:32AM +0100, Hans Zoebelein wrote: > Sorry to say that discuss=EDons about a merger of Redhat and AOL are of= f > topic here at blinux-list. Please check out what is the topic of > blinux-list at http://www.leb.net/blinux/blinux-faq.html Just checked and I see no problem with users discussing RedHat or whatever Linux related business. After all, some blind users do use Redhat distribution and might get affected by what happens to Redhat. >>From blinux-faq.html "So is news related to software or hardware for the Linux user who is blind." Sorry, I do not agree with you on this issue. There were other less appropriate issues discussed on the list and I don't remember any complains. > > Best Regards > --Hans > (maintainer blinux-list) > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm a bit concerned that AOL Time Warner is thinking of buying Redhat. > > Mergers and acquisitions usually turn out badly for customers and users. > > The latest example is something very close to many of us - the merger of > > Henter-Joyce and Blazie Engineering to form Freedom Scientific. Many > > people, including myself, have had bad experiences with this company. But > > at least Linux is in the public domain, so if AOL Time Warner ruins > > redhat, we'll have other companies to turn to or can simply distribute it > > ourselves. > > John > > > > > > -- > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > -- Rafael _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list