Red Hat Explains ArsDigita Purchase

hezron writes "Red Hat VP, Howard Jacobson, sent a mass email explaining their acquisition of ArsDigita's assets. Here is the press release concerning the acquisition." The press release is actually a quick FAQ about the purchase - Howard does a good job of explaining the purchase and the reasons for it. Howard's a smart guy, and I hope that the purchase of AD will mean a longer life then how AD's past management was handling it.

Comments

"Quick FAQ" is right!

[sharp-bang]

The is the first press release I've ever seen from a publicly traded comapny that consisted entirely of bullet points...

Re:"Quick FAQ" is right!

[baptiste]

The is the first press release I've ever seen from a publicly traded comapny that consisted entirely of bullet points...

Which is nice, but I think they got a BIT repetitive. If I read "Red Hat will" or "Open Source (roots|software)" one more time. All I kept thinking was 'Bob Dole thinks he...' He always spoke in the 3rd person :)

Should be interesting to see where ACSJ goes from here!

Article expanded my vocabulary!

[acordes]

I believe that's the first time I've ever seen the word "fetishistically" used. I will definitely have to work that into my everyday speech.

Re:Article expanded my vocabulary!

[dhamsaic]

Every once in a while I like to masturbate a new word into my vocabulary, even if I don't know what it means.

Will this press release bore the hell out of all?

[Anonymous Coward]

* RedHat recognizes that press releases are boring.
* RedHat has long been a proponent of boring press releases.
* In light of this historic relationship, this press release will bore the hell out of everyone who reads it.

Re:O great... Acronyms...

[MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM]

"Pirating software is like stealing crack from a drug dealer and pretending that it makes you free from addiction."

Pirates are known to rob your boat or possibly rape you. But stealing software? That seem a little far fetched. Who told you that?

No subscription for me!

[Anonymous Coward]

"I hope that the purchase of AD will mean a longer life then how AD's past management was handling it."
Ouch, so close! Only a few more hours and Slashdot would have had my $120! I guess you just can't lose a bet against Slashdot grammar. This time it was Hemos, not Taco. The illiteracy twins are at work again.

Well, this ought to please cheapbytes!

[abe ferlman]

Compare this short notice:

Note: Sun's trademark prevents us from calling the software "ACS Java", though "ACS for the Java Platform" is OK. Hence the abbreviation "ACSJ".

To this unfortunate obfuscation at cheapbytes.com:

Looking for CDs containing the downloadable
version of the XXX XXX Linux distribution?

Hint: The name has to do with an article of clothing
to keep your head warm.

We can't call it by it's real name due to trademark law.
Our president will be providing a statement and information at
a later time regarding this subject. Please be informed about
this matter prior to jumping to any erroneous conclusions.

Cheapbytes, IANAL and this is not legal advice, but if the statement above is good enough for redhat, I wonder what could prevent you from saying something like

Note: Red Hat's trademark prevents us from calling the software "Red Hat", though "XXX XXX" is OK. Hence the abbreviation "XXX XXX".

Re:Let's define what a CMS is...

[GigsVT]

CMS is a proactive collaboration toolkit based on fundamental shifts in paradigm in the sector of flattening orginizations. This will allow for B2B and B2C relationships in cyberspace, thus increasing flow of information and ideas, in an interactive way.

BINGO!

Nomenclature

[flacco]

I've always thought that "ArsDigita" would be a great name for a proctologist's practice.