[TriLUG] AOL Redhat Linux?!?

[Andrew C. Oliver]

>If AOL were to buy RH, that would be a Very Good Thing for the Linux 
>community as a whole, IMHO. I'm probably not the only person who has to
>keep 
>a Windows machine at home so the rest of the family can use AOL.
>Whatever we 
>think about it, AOL is a tool that millions of people use everyday. A
>Linux 
>implementation could only help push acceptance of the Linux desktop in
>the 
>home....and remember, the home environment drives the business
>environment 
>more than we'd like to believe.

I'm not one the those people who thinks it is necessarily a good thing
if every home PC runs Linux.  I do know this.  The damn popup ads would
drive me nuts "So you booted up star office Andrew Oliver... .  Well Mr.
Case just wants you to know that nothing quenches your thirst while your
typing up that documentation like a nice cold Pepsi..  Why Pepsi is the
choice of a new generation you know...  [buy a pepsi with your credit
card] [see more popup ads while you work]"

Hummm... 


>Linux has relatively few consumer applications. Imagine the floodgates
>that 
>could open with a Linux port of what may be the largest consumer
>application 
>of them all.

 
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