> -----Original Message----- > From: Herouth Maoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 4:41 PM > To: Amir Tal; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AOL and RH - True ?? > > > Amir Tal wrote: > > > We already discussed this matter a few weeks ago, when ira > posted news > > he saw at The times (I think) about an upcoming merge > between AOL and > > Redhat. This issue was discussed on the list for a few days, and we > > ended up thinking that "it will not happen, at least not in the near > > future"..remember ? > > > > Well - its happening ! > > AOL indeed hire a team from RH as a first step of > converting some of > > their systems to Linux ! I guess that this is not as far as > we first > > figured . > > Story 1: AOL takes over Redhat. Meaning - it makes policy decisions > for RedHat from now on. > > Story 2: AOL hires a group of professionals from a reputable Linux > company, to help it transition its machines (servers, employee > desktops, who knows) from whatever operating system was previously on > them, to RedHat Linux. > > Compare: > > 1. AOL takes over Pizza Hut. > 2. AOL makes a deal with Pizza Hut to have a restaurant inside the AOL > headquarters, for the benefit of the employees. > > Two different stories entirely. > > Though I can see how story 2 may have become story 1 as it went along > the grapevine.
Story 1. no doubt. (if you ask me) There was to much noise about this so called "merge" in the past few weeks, so I doubt its story 2. AOL wants to switch to Linux, and also wants to get into the open-source community\market . If you wanted to get into a motorcycle's club, how would you arrive to the first meeting ? On a black heavy Harley, or by bus ? Tal. > > Herouth > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
