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Red Hat Explains ArsDigita Purchase

Posted by Hemos on from the good-move-by-the-hat dept.

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.

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  1. "Quick FAQ" is right! by sharp-bang · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    1. Re:"Quick FAQ" is right! by baptiste · · Score: 4, Funny
      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!

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  2. Article expanded my vocabulary! by acordes · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Article expanded my vocabulary! by dhamsaic · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  3. Well, this ought to please cheapbytes! by abe+ferlman · · Score: 5, Funny

    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".

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