From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl ([195.216.104.3] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16SiLP-0003X8-00 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:34:56 -0500 Received: from Cybertsar (ppp26.sylaba.poznan.pl [195.216.104.126]) by goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl (8.11.6/8.10.1) with SMTP id g0LHYrq18698 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:34:53 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <00bc01c1a2a1$eb86d100$0100a8c0@Cybertsar> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: Subject: Re: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:28:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Two hands in favor of the statement below. Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" To: Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:07 PM Subject: Re: Will Redhat Become a Division of AOL Time-Warner? > That's what makes competition so important. If AOL buys up Red Hat and > ruins it like they do everything else, Just go to a different distro! > While doing this, those who enjoy using Red Hat's environment should then > write to AOL and tell them how they are switching to a different product. > > I for one, never use anything with AOL in it! I don't like their > proprietary stance on so many things and how they fuck up every computer > their software touches. Case in point, just look at any computer that has > the AOL internet explorer and other components on it. I've talked to > numerous people who installed AOL and how much trouble they had with their > systems and how they couldn't get all the stuff out when trying to remove > AOL. IF Red Hat goes down that path, I wouldn't go near it with a ten > foot pole! > > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > I wish I could be as optimistic. Actually, we will have to demand > > that they keep the command line text runtime or they will simply do the > > migration thing where the GUI is updated and the text is > > forgotten. Witness the disappearance of DOS. > > > > -- Charlie. > > > > >Linux already comes with a GUI, but it can safely be ignored. > > > > > >On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > > > > > > > but of course, it won't be accessible because they'll slap a gui on it > > > > and lock it in. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >