this is a step that might push (or even force) linux into the desktop. if this is what it takes to make people see and get a little taste of the alternative, then maybe this is the first push linux needs. plus, people like a product to have a good "back-bone". tell a house wife that doesnt know shit about computers and doesnt read slashdot 10 times a day that AOL market's it, and she will be more optimistic about using it.
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 11:42:24PM +0200, tal amir wrote: > > > no, if the washington post wrote about it, then it MUST be true.. > > one thing i agree with : OMG! ;) > > What I do not understand is what the fuck we care? Did they > buy the sodding kernel? Linus? Rik? Alan? Dave? Wot!? > > Basicly - AOL bought a chunk of the market, some developers > (not, I am sure, all of them ;-) and a name. A reasonable name, ------------------------------ Amir Tal System Administrator icq : 15748705 http://whatsup.homelinux.com ------------------------------- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
