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From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
To: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@aracnet.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat?
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:53:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020121215305.5db47bcb.skraw@ithnet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201211150240.1752-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <E16ShQ9-0008Tu-00@the-village.bc.nu> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201211150240.1752-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:06:35 -0800 (PST)
"M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@aracnet.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Well I've no idea on the rumours (and if I did I wouldnt tell you!)
> > but Im insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH
> > if aol/time warner owned them.
> 
> Sadly, I've heard statements like this before; I've even made them :-).
> If it were a choice between AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat and not working on
> Linux, would you still make that choice? If it were a choice between
> working for AOL/Time Warner/Red Hat or working for Red Hat and competing
> with AOL/Time Warner/Mandrake, would you still make that choice? The
> world of business, where money talks, presents us with interesting
> choices from time to time :).

Hm, I find it particularly interesting that you seem to classify AOL/Time 
Warner as "bad boys". I can't really agree on this, based on a simple
thought: this deal (if it really happens) is purely strategic from their 
side, they will not earn a single buck with it. Instead chances are high
RH is going to be a high flyer afterwards, we all know where they want to
go tomorrow :-)
I can see big chances arising, why not take them?
Just go ahead, Steve!
(I can say that frankly here, he's not going to read it anyway ;-)

Regards,
Stephan



  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-21 20:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-19  5:45 AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat? Werner Puschitz
2002-01-19  8:50 ` Pagani, Ronald
2002-01-19 23:44   ` robert w hall
2002-01-21  6:32     ` M A
2002-01-21 16:35       ` Alan Cox
2002-01-21 20:06         ` M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2002-01-21 20:53           ` Stephan von Krawczynski [this message]
2002-01-21 21:15           ` Xavier Bestel
2002-01-19 22:30 ` [OT] " David Benfell
2002-01-19 22:42   ` M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2002-01-19 22:43   ` Chris Chabot
2002-01-19 22:52   ` Mark Hahn
2002-01-20  0:34   ` Nicholas Knight
2002-01-20  0:15 ` Ian S. Nelson

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