[thelist] AOL wants to buy RH Linux??
deke
web at master.gen.in.us
Mon Jan 21 12:59:55 CST 2002
On 20 Jan 2002 at 14:02, .jeff posted a message which said:
> yes, i know they own netscape. whether or not it's the most standards
> compliant browser is a completely different story. netscape is an odd
> beast though as it was well in production before aol purchased it. try
> taking a product they built from the ground up themselves and see how
> standards compliant it is. one *good* example is how they choose to
> ignore email protocols with their built-in email client.
To be fair, that email client existed almost ten years before AOL users
had web access.
> > And they'd love to purchase a major cable provider as
> > well.
> oh yeah? says who?
Gee, do you suppose *these* would be hints?
Their minority ownership of Cox, Comcast, and AT&T cable?
Their minority ownership of the two largest European cable companies?
Their majority ownership in five asian cable?
Oh, yeah, and the nation's 3rd largest cable company is controlled (94%
ownership) by Microsoft founder Paul Allen.
deke
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