Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:38:07 -0800 (PST) From: NGH <bsd_appliance@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat Message-ID: <20020122043807.91826.qmail@web11908.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020121225606.A6613@tisys.org>
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--- Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> wrote: > If AOL wants to get away from Microsoft, they should probably > consider moving away from Microsoft's Internet Explorer to their > own Netscape / Mozilla as a first step... I think AOL shouldn't buy Red Hat. Instead, the two companies should make a strategic alliance. Red Hat might include a native Linux version of AOL's client software. This would make "Linux" a real option for gajillions of AOL users out there, and would give Red Hat a big marketing advantage. (Linux. So easy to use, no wonder it's number one. Convince enough people, and it'll become true.) Similarly, Red Hat should make strategic alliances with every company that produces alternatives to Microsoft's products. RealPlayer, for instance. Or the Quicken/TurboTax people... you get the picture. Lots of native "brand name" software for Linux would give the consumer an option, and even give *BSD more of a desktop presence. Not that I care what Red Hat does. Their distro is a big monstrocity in my opinion, but then, most of them are. Linux is probably a good kernel, seeing how there are enough mods out there to do just about anything with it, but I'd much rather see a *BSD-style distro built around Linux. Oh well. I'm just yakking away. -NGH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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