Posted by
timothy
on from the sighs-of-relief-or-disappointment dept.
Several readers have submitted word (this one comes from n8twj) that "CNet News is reporting that AOL Time Warner apparently is NOT making a bid to buy Linux manufacturer Red Hat, said sources familiar with the matter."
Deep Throat
by
Mighty-Troll
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· Score: 2, Informative
The Washington Post is actually considered a very legitamate newspaper. Remember Woodward and Bernstein? The movie All the president's men chronicles the true events of a couple of post reporters and their dealings with "deep throat" the guy to this day who no one else knows who he is, a source that led them on the trail.
I know this is slightly off topic, but the point in hand is if I hear something from the Washington Post I'm going to hold it in higher regards then say, the New York Post.
Crap, I just defended a slashdot editor, someone mod this down so no one can see it!
Uhhh... AOL client software works perfectly fine on classic MacOS (though without IE 5.1 integration), and they've released a decent beta of a version for OS X.
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Think before you rant!
by
Shabazz
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· Score: 5, Informative
Public companies can't lie or make any misrepresentations when dealing with questions from investors (or the press). This makes coverups very difficult because they could result in very expensive lawsuits. If they deny that they are in negotiations, and they are, then they are liable under Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act.
And for the record, IAAL.
Re:Aw
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Anonymous Coward
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It is split about 80/20. 80% of AOL employees (AOL, Inc. not AOLTW) use the AOL client for email and browsing. That's because half of the 15,000 employees are call center reps, then the rest of the non-20% are marketing/business development people.
However, most technical folks (20%) have Unix (Sun, HP, and more and more Linux and FreeBSD) workstations and the client isn't really what they want to work in anyway, so they use Netscape/Mozilla, or whatever to get their job done. I personally actually use the AOL Client most of the time, and it isn't soooo bad.
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The Washington Post is actually considered a very legitamate newspaper. Remember Woodward and Bernstein? The movie All the president's men chronicles the true events of a couple of post reporters and their dealings with "deep throat" the guy to this day who no one else knows who he is, a source that led them on the trail.
I know this is slightly off topic, but the point in hand is if I hear something from the Washington Post I'm going to hold it in higher regards then say, the New York Post.
Crap, I just defended a slashdot editor, someone mod this down so no one can see it!
I live under the bridge, in a pile of feces.
Plus, AOL software only runs on Windows...
Uhhh... AOL client software works perfectly fine on classic MacOS (though without IE 5.1 integration), and they've released a decent beta of a version for OS X.
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"...and Maddest of all, to see Life as it Is, and not as it Should Be."
Public companies can't lie or make any misrepresentations when dealing with questions from investors (or the press). This makes coverups very difficult because they could result in very expensive lawsuits. If they deny that they are in negotiations, and they are, then they are liable under Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act. And for the record, IAAL.
It is split about 80/20. 80% of AOL employees (AOL, Inc. not AOLTW) use the AOL client for email and browsing. That's because half of the 15,000 employees are call center reps, then the rest of the non-20% are marketing/business development people.
However, most technical folks (20%) have Unix (Sun, HP, and more and more Linux and FreeBSD) workstations and the client isn't really what they want to work in anyway, so they use Netscape/Mozilla, or whatever to get their job done. I personally actually use the AOL Client most of the time, and it isn't soooo bad.