Re: AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat?

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
2002-01-21T20:06:48Z

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > well - AOL could replace that nice-looking young lady in their
> > tele-ads (the one with the dress like a vdu) with Alan Cox in
> > Wizard's hat n cloak :-)
> >
> > -- robert w hall

> 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 :).

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