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Re: How will Netscape/AOL Merger Affect Us
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick)
Wed Nov 25 15:34:16 1998
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:29:04 -0700 (MST)
From: Patrick <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu>
To: "David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199811252024.MAA16844@belvdere.vip.best.com>
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On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, David E. Fox wrote:
> > We should all be concerned with any merger/aquisition that affects
> > the Linux market, especially one concerning a product that most people
> > that run Linux use daily.
>
> Well, especially one wonders if AOLs acquisition will affect the
> availability of Netscape for Linux. Will Netscape still have the
> ability to make new versions? Or will AOL control this -- and
> since AOL has been for the most part Windows only in their
> product line, what if anything will happen here?
Sun is also in the deal and Sun is behind linux. That and the fact that
Netscape is/was VERY behind linux. AOL would be nuts to try to go
against this current. I think that all will be fine...and the source
code is already out of the bag. It isn't ever going to go back into the
bag and so hackers will always have it to build from/improve upon.
Then, there is always Opera...
patrick
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