On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 05:50:13PM +0100, Nick Wilson wrote:
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> * On 19-01-02 at 16:16
> * Dave Ihnat said....
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> > On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 09:09:08AM -0500, Bob Staaf wrote:
> > > AOL/Time Warner buying Red Hat might be great for those who use Linux as a
> > > Desktop workstation but, anyone actually believe they care about competing
> > > in the server market?
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> > As a professional in the field, I'm afraid if that happens I'll not
> > only switch myself, I'll actively recommend against the "new" Redhat to
> > my clients. They're just the wrong player in this field.
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> Here here!
did you perchance mean to say: "Hear, hear!" ???
> I'm not against making Linux a more popular alternative but AOL? Jeeez!
There's certainly more than one "dark side", MS being the obvious one, but
these other folks don't strike me as any less interested in profit and
control. Yecchhhh.
There are lots of examples (unfortunately I used to work for more than
one of 'em) of companies that get swallowed up by a big fish, which then
decides it doesn't know how to manage it, lets it go all to heck, then
splits off the various bits (arms, legs, embedded stuff, Cygnus, Linux,
enterprise systems, support, etc.) sells each of 'em at a loss and
eventually bails out of the business after spending a few years destroying
what WAS a good company.
Please, God, don't let this happen!
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