I agree, it is a bad thing. Most of the April fools jokes I've seen have been
much better.
On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> uh oh - this means holes - as is the red hat way.
>
> ~kurth
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> Subject: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat
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> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 09:56:27 PST
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> April 1, 19100
> Durham, NC -- MSNBC News Services
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> "OpenBSD to merge with RedHat"
>
> Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) announced today it will
> acquire secure OS maker OpenBSD in a deal involving Red Hat
> shares. OpenBSD, widely regarded as the world's most secure
> operating system, will be merged with Red Hat Linux, the market
> leader in Linux distributions. The new company will be called Rad
> Hat Labs.
>
> Said Red Hat CEO Robert Young "The Linux mascot is a penguin and
> OpenBSD's is a blowfish. Both of these are marine animals so it
> really was a natural pairing. In the same way that the ocean covers
> over 75% of the surface of the earth, we hope to gain at least 75%
> of the operating system marketplace. Also, because of the strength
> of the US dollar in comparison to the Canadian dollar we were able
> to pick them up for a song." Said de Raadt of the purchase "I tried
> to get them to pay me in Krugerrands but had to settle for stock".
> The exact purchase price has not been disclosed. Red Hat shares closed
> Friday at 42-3/8.
>
> According to industry analyst Mudge of L0pht @Stake the corporate image
> was a negotiating stumbling block. "I tried to convince them to
> call it GrayHat OpenBSD but that didn't fly." Young told us "That's
> just not the image we're going for. We're thinking more along the
> lines of the OpenBSD blowfish wearing a backwards red baseball cap
> to give it a real rebel edge." There will be a few changes at
> Red Hat as well. Reportedly, `Rhad Labs' will be changing its name
> to `deRaadt Labs' in honor of OpenBSD's founder. And speaking of
> the Labs, Alan Cox had the following to say "I've admired the
> OpenBSD security model for some time now and look forward to
> working with Theo."
>
> The new merged operating system will also be released under the Rad Hat
> Community Source License. Young was quick to point that the new 15 page
> source license still means business as usual for developers
> and users. "Whatever you could do with the source code before, you can
> still do under the new license", said Young. "It's just that corporate
> buyers didn't take us seriously with the GPL or the BSD licenses. Now
> that they have to spend serious cash on lawyers to interpret this thing
> for them, they view us as a real software vendor."
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