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Alan Cox to Leave if RH AOL Buyout Happens?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that-would-be-something dept.

According to MartinG, Alan has posted to the LKML and said "Im insulted that anyone believes I would continue working for RH if aol/time warner owned them. " This of course refers to the Red Hat/AOL Buyout Rumors that we have been talking about all weekend.

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  1. Alan Cox already works for AOL/Time Warner by LordOfYourPants · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alan Cox develops a kernel for an OS which is exchanged on the Internet. The Internet was invented by Al Gore. Al Gore uses AOL. Who's your daddy?

  2. Re:Could be worse.. by Stone+Rhino · · Score: 2, Funny

    more likely they would buy the guys behind one of the BSD versions. After all, they use BSD already on their servers (and they want everyone else using IIS...or maybe MSBSD;).

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    Remember, there were no nuclear weapons before women were allowed to vote.
  3. Damn... by voodoo_bluesman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I'll be getting Redhat at least three times a week in my mailbox...

  4. Slashdot Alaska ?!? by Mr.Phil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone notice that the URL linked points to alaska.edu?

    I wonder how big a pipe Alaska has as a whole, this could bring down the whole Norther Slope.

    *chuckle*

  5. Re:Shocked -- well, no not really by tempest303 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I like AOL/TW? Of course not. I think they're a bunch of left-leaning liberal hand wringers who would sell you out in a second if it made them money

    Yeah, cause if they were right-leaning conservative hand wringers, they'd stand up for Truth, Justice, and the American Way, and never sell out the Linux community just to make a quick buck!

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    The Free desktop that Just Works
  6. Reasons Why by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here are 11 reasons why AOLTW might be considering buying Red Hat.

  7. Re:Good for him by The+Cat · · Score: 2, Funny

    But Cox really needs to look at who puts food on the table ... I know if I had a nifty little job where I could do what I enjoy ... I'd work to keep it ... with or without slashdot's approval.

    ALAN COX puts food on the table... what, is there a bread line at Red Hat's offices?

    sigh...

  8. Re:nice words words Alan, by gewalker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Programming is like prostitution ...

    First you do it for love.
    Then you do it friends.
    Then you do it for money.

  9. Re:Never capitalize "pro bono" by jxqvg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope the lead singer of U2 isn't in violation!