Re: [SLUG] AOL Looking to acquire.... RED HAT?!?!?!

From: Russ Wright (rwrigh10@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 12:35:26 EST


Well,

I see ups and downs in this. Competition is good and this would certainly
make a good competitor. However, most AOL users are dumb as rocks and Linux
would probably cause their little heads to spin. Even the article noted this:

<snip>
"Linux has yet to be adopted widely by consumers, largely because it
requires some technical proficiency to install. But it is popular with the
tech crowd and, according to industry estimates, runs about 30 percent of all
computers servers -- the powerful computers that function as hubs on a
network."
</snip>

So, I can see it now, Redhat with a fully intergrated AOL client that will be
too hard for the average user to install and too annoying for a techie to
use. I can hear it now "You've got Linux!"

Regards
RussW

On Saturday 19 January 2002 11:19 am, you wrote:
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/19/0615240
>
> Uhmm...
>
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