On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 12:05:32AM +0100, Hans Zoebelein wrote: > Sorry to say that discuss=EDons about a merger of Redhat and AOL are of= f > topic here at blinux-list. Please check out what is the topic of > blinux-list at http://www.leb.net/blinux/blinux-faq.html Just checked and I see no problem with users discussing RedHat or=20 whatever Linux related business. After all, some blind users do use Redha= t=20 distribution and might get affected by what happens to Redhat. >From blinux-faq.html "So is news related to software or hardware for the Linux user who is bli= nd." Sorry, I do not agree with you on this issue. There were other less=20 appropriate issues discussed on the list and I don't remember any=20 complains. >=20 > Best Regards > --Hans > (maintainer blinux-list) >=20 > On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: >=20 > > Hello, > > I'm a bit concerned that AOL Time Warner is thinking of buying Redhat. > > Mergers and acquisitions usually turn out badly for customers and use= rs. > > The latest example is something very close to many of us - the merger= of > > Henter-Joyce and Blazie Engineering to form Freedom Scientific. Many > > people, including myself, have had bad experiences with this company.= But > > at least Linux is in the public domain, so if AOL Time Warner ruins > > redhat, we'll have other companies to turn to or can simply distribut= e it > > ourselves. > > John > >=20 > >=20 > > --=20 > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > >=20 --=20 Rafael