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To: FR1 who wrote (50096)	1/26/2002 1:43:26 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

FRI, simply sell support. Why would AOL be interested in selling support of an OS? They're not in any kind of support business I know of other than supporting their own product, which they do for free. Why would that change? --Mike Buckley

To: FR1 who wrote (50096)	1/26/2002 9:05:51 AM
From: techreports	Respond to of 54805

Bottom Line: It is in AOL and IBM's best interest to promote Linux. They can make money off the service operations and hurt their enemy at the same time. FR1, I'm not going to argue with your prediction, but I don't believe the part about Aol buying RedHat is a good thing. Aol, in my opinion, has done a terrible job at acquiring other companies and integrating them into the company and showing any value was created. Aol is basically a media company. If the whole purpose is that Aol wants to attack MSFT's bread and butter - the Windows monopoly - they should probably just make an investment in RedHat and provide backing and free advertising or something.