[ale] AOL in talks to buy RedHat!!!

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Sat Jan 19 22:33:06 EST 2002


Jim Popovitch wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> 
>>From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
>>
>>How long do you think it will take AOL to produce a version of Linux
>>that runs these software packages?
>>
> 
> Do you mean different from the Linux versions of AOL and AIM that they
> currently offer?


Sure, show me clueless.  Show me a version of Linux that will run my 
daughters Barbie games.  Natively.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't believe AOL is going to produce a version 
of Linux to compete with Windows.  They don't even use their own 
browser. (netscape)


> 
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> 
> 


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