[ic] Re: AOL in negotiation to buy Red Hat

Jeff Fearn interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Sun Jan 20 17:53:01 2002


> >Eeek!
> >
> >JT
> >
>
> What Eeek ?
>
> I read this: http://www.washtech.com/news/media/14759-1.html.
>
> I don't understand if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
> What happens to the stocks from RedHat if they are bought out ? Unless
they
> don't pay the whole RedHat IC team double the salary they get right now,
AOL
> should go to ... :-)
>
> Can anybody tell an Enroe challenged person, if that means trouble,
success
> or nothing at all ?

Well it could either mean an interference in the free software provided by
RedHat, or it could mean a lot of extra cash injected in to freeware
products. It depends on how AOL approach it. AOL pushing Linux would be a
huge plus, especially if the help with some core development, and just add
on some AOL specific features for their users.

Jeff.