Re: [Nolug] AOL in Negotiations to Acquire Red Hat

Hm, I have received at least three copies of this e-mail. Anybody else too?

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>Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:17:55 -0600
>To: nolug@patientcarerx.com
>From: Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net>
>Subject: Re: [Nolug] AOL in Negotiations to Acquire Red Hat
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>At 10:53 AM 1/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:52:31 -0600 Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net> wrote:
>> > At 10:28 AM 1/19/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>> > >This is bad....
>> > >
>> > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5064-2002Jan18.html
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if this would be a bad thing. In fact, it may very well be an
>> > excellent way to push Linux.
>>
>>But why do they have to BUY RH to get at RH Linux? Mandrake didn't.
>
>Again, to get a head start. Red Hat already has a very large talent pool,
>existing contracts, goodwill, and is very much a trademark in the Linux
>market. Oh, by the way, AOL will also get Red Hat Linux as an added benefit.
>
>Regards, Dustin
>
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>Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@usa.net>
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