No, it's a hoax. Here's the site of the person who started the hoax, and tells all about it: http://www.microsoft.com&[EMAIL PROTECTED]/1338825GHU_98.asp And by the way, this is NOT Microsoft's site. It's a spoofed URL (easy enough to do).
Cheers, JoJo -----Original Message----- Mladen Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 8:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Yes, and I read that MS will buy EFF and replace GPL with a proprietary MS license. Be prepared to pay dearly for Visual GCC 4. Eric Raymond will become a VP in Redmond, WA. -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi guys, PCplus (Indonesia newspaper) said Microsoft bought Redhat (no URL link to this news), any URL on this news ? Sinardy -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Sinard Xing INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gogala, Mladen INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: JoJo Al-Zawawi INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).