AOL Redhat?!?
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Whew! Now Bill Gates can relax. One major distribution of Linux has killed itself! Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
1 down, approxmately 100,000 to go :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "Not be to confused with 'The VD Project'. Which would be a very bad pr0n flick. :-D" - Michael P Butler Jan. 18, 2002
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1 down, approxmately 100,000 to go :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "Not be to confused with 'The VD Project'. Which would be a very bad pr0n flick. :-D" - Michael P Butler Jan. 18, 2002
LOL Nish p.s. Let's hope AOL buys the rest too... Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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From the article: But the AOL software could be configured to override Windows and launch a version of Red Hat’s Linux operating system, sources said. :confused: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
Perhaps they mean using some sort of VMWare type application? I don't think AOL could actually get rid of windows and install linux forcing the user to abandon windows. Way too many people would be looking to hurt some AOL engineers :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "Not be to confused with 'The VD Project'. Which would be a very bad pr0n flick. :-D" - Michael P Butler Jan. 18, 2002
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From the article: But the AOL software could be configured to override Windows and launch a version of Red Hat’s Linux operating system, sources said. :confused: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
Probably what thwe author meant was that AOL installer would setup LILO so that Linux is the default OS :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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Perhaps they mean using some sort of VMWare type application? I don't think AOL could actually get rid of windows and install linux forcing the user to abandon windows. Way too many people would be looking to hurt some AOL engineers :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "Not be to confused with 'The VD Project'. Which would be a very bad pr0n flick. :-D" - Michael P Butler Jan. 18, 2002
Maybe they are thinking of WINE so they can run the windows apps from Linux Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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From the article: But the AOL software could be configured to override Windows and launch a version of Red Hat’s Linux operating system, sources said. :confused: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
Michael Dunn wrote: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? Not me Mike, I'm no expert on the Linux history but also by a programmer named Linus Torvalds who organized volunteers to write the original source code. is not what my memory tells me. I wonder if it is just another tech-journalist trying to bloat a story. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I live in Bob's HungOut now
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Michael Dunn wrote: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? Not me Mike, I'm no expert on the Linux history but also by a programmer named Linus Torvalds who organized volunteers to write the original source code. is not what my memory tells me. I wonder if it is just another tech-journalist trying to bloat a story. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I live in Bob's HungOut now
Colin Davies wrote: I wonder if it is just another tech-journalist trying to bloat a story. Come on, Colin, you know that would never happen! :laugh: :laugh: "Not to mention that security in Outlook is like having Homer Simpson guard a Dunkin' Donuts factory." - Gary Rogers
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Michael Dunn wrote: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? Not me Mike, I'm no expert on the Linux history but also by a programmer named Linus Torvalds who organized volunteers to write the original source code. is not what my memory tells me. I wonder if it is just another tech-journalist trying to bloat a story. Regardz Colin J Davies
Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin
I live in Bob's HungOut now
C'mon, it's a journalist: For us programmers, it's easy to understand free software, but for mere mortals, it's hard to understand why would one work hard to produce something good and valuable, and give it free to others. Crivo Automated Credit Assessment
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From the article: But the AOL software could be configured to override Windows and launch a version of Red Hat’s Linux operating system, sources said. :confused: Anyone care to take a crack at explaining that one? --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
My guess would be that they'd set it up so that when you ran AOL, you'd actually to launching Linux from within Windows and that would open the way to running Linux based productivity apps (databases, word processors, spreadsheets). Remember a few years ago IBM was selling OS/2 for Windows, which installed the OS/2 kernel under Windows, so you could run OS/2 apps within windows. I think this is what they're thinking. I think I'll go back and read the license agreement for XP again, I imagine they've added something to make this approach a license violation. David http://www.dundas.com
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/690661.asp :eek: Jon Sagara What about :bob:? "Teve Torbes, I've only got one thing to say to you: Tuck Off!" -- Dob Bole
One issue here is standards. Past AOL actions have quite often been along the lines of propritary systems. Both their web system and email are examples, where is it hard to do anything from other third party programs. MS, like them or hate them, has usually taken the open API approach. Somehow I don't see novice users (who probably make us the majority of AOL users) downloading a 1GB install set for Linux, much less getting it to work. What AOL might do is to produce some Windows app, based on RedHat code, that somehow expands their options and features. Ed
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/690661.asp :eek: Jon Sagara What about :bob:? "Teve Torbes, I've only got one thing to say to you: Tuck Off!" -- Dob Bole
Jon Sagara wrote: AOL Redhat?!? On a similar topic I read an article awhile back about how AOL is farring in its merger with Time Warner. When the merger was announced and done Time Warner thought "here is our crown jewel", but lately AOL has been doing rather badly and Time Warner apparently is getting a bit fed up. So I wonder how AOL can justify buying RedHat. Do they think it will be their saving grace? Their killer app? Frankly AOL should stick to what it does best: Fooling millions of americans into believing that it, AOL, is the web. :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
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Colin Davies wrote: I wonder if it is just another tech-journalist trying to bloat a story. Come on, Colin, you know that would never happen! :laugh: :laugh: "Not to mention that security in Outlook is like having Homer Simpson guard a Dunkin' Donuts factory." - Gary Rogers
Daniel Ferguson wrote: Not to mention that security in Outlook is like having Homer Simpson guard a Dunkin' Donuts factory." - Gary Rogers OTT but your signature says exactly how you feel about MS and Passport :-D Good one. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
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Jon Sagara wrote: AOL Redhat?!? On a similar topic I read an article awhile back about how AOL is farring in its merger with Time Warner. When the merger was announced and done Time Warner thought "here is our crown jewel", but lately AOL has been doing rather badly and Time Warner apparently is getting a bit fed up. So I wonder how AOL can justify buying RedHat. Do they think it will be their saving grace? Their killer app? Frankly AOL should stick to what it does best: Fooling millions of americans into believing that it, AOL, is the web. :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
Paul Watson wrote: Frankly AOL should stick to what it does best: Fooling millions of americans into believing that it, AOL, is the web. I love that :laugh: I don't see AOL giving away it's source code -:suss:Matt Newman:suss: -:suss:Matt Newman:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/690661.asp :eek: Jon Sagara What about :bob:? "Teve Torbes, I've only got one thing to say to you: Tuck Off!" -- Dob Bole
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/690661.asp :eek: Jon Sagara What about :bob:? "Teve Torbes, I've only got one thing to say to you: Tuck Off!" -- Dob Bole
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