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 A16173EC38 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:05:06 -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 g0L056W18027 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:05:06 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id g0L056E30161 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:05:06 -0500 Received: from mail1.arcor-ip.de (mail1.arcor-ip.de [145.253.2.10]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) with ESMTP id g0L056C30157 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:05:06 -0500 Received: from goldfish (212.144.147.197) by mail1.arcor-ip.de (5.5.034) id 3C4192F7001034DC for blinux-list@redhat.com; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 01:05:02 +0100 Received: (qmail 3209 invoked by uid 7780); 20 Jan 2002 23:05:32 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Jan 2002 23:05:32 -0000 Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:05:32 +0100 (CET) From: Hans Zoebelein X-Sender: hzo@goldfish To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: OFF TOPIC: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by mail.redhat.com id g0L056C30157 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mail.redhat.com id g0L056E30161 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 X-Reply-To: Hans Zoebelein List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Sorry to say that discuss=EDons about a merger of Redhat and AOL are off topic here at blinux-list. Please check out what is the topic of blinux-list at http://www.leb.net/blinux/blinux-faq.html 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 o= f > Henter-Joyce and Blazie Engineering to form Freedom Scientific. Many > people, including myself, have had bad experiences with this company. B= ut > 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 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 >=20