[thelist] AOL wants to buy RH Linux??

[aardvark]

> From: "deke " <web at master.gen.in.us>
> 
> > 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. 

not trying to get into the debate, but when did AOL open the 
floodgates?  i remember participating in rants on that in usenet 
postings, and i'm guessing it was around '94...

and by 'that' email client, do you mean netscape's or aol's?