LindowsOS Will Bundle AOL Client

ealar dlanvuli writes "BuisnessWeek Online is reporting that AOL/TW and Lindows have decided to work together in bundling a version of Netscape 7 with future Lindows products. One wonders if they should instead be supporting OEone and making it scream."

Comments

Nice Headline.

[Demoknight]

Apparently AOL client needs to be redefined. Last I heard, Netscape was still a web browser.

Where'd that headline come from?

[Zakabog]

The second I saw it I thought, FINALLY now there's an AOL client for linux, I can now get rid of my last windows computer (my sister uses it with WindowsXP to go on AOL.) Plus if an AOL client was ever created for linux there would be alot of customer's to come with it. The problem with those customer's though is that most of them are probably going to try to install linux for the first time (since it would support AOL and they heard linux was really good so they wanted to try it), probably use it for a week, say "Hey I can't do crap in this stupid OS", then go back to windows and tell everyone to stay away from linux.

AOL on linux would bring alot of other people who will stick with linux, but then again alot of them will be the wrong people. They'll probably come into #linuxhelp all day and ask questions like "Hey umm I was installing linux version 8.0 and I tried to load x windows but that didn't work so I tried to install it from the kernel and that didn't work either" (I've actually seen someone come into the channel and say that, tried to help him too, he was completely clueless.)

Although there will be some good if AOL was brought to linux, other software companies would see AOL making a client for linux, realize how many people use AOL, and (hopefully) decide to port some software over. AOL customer's using linux (and actually understanding it) would become a great asset to linux, they'll be the one's buying the software companies port to linux, they're already paying $20 a month for a crummy ISP, they'll create a bigger market for linux software.

I wish AOL was making a client for linux, Netscape 7 for linux doesn't really thrill me, I could really care less, ever since I started using mozilla I never wanted to use anything else. I really wish the headline was correct, I bet there's going to be hundreds of other people who get all excited, then let down when they read the story.

Inspector Gadget was here

[Graymalkin]

Wow, Lindows in bundling Netscape 7. Timothy can you even read? Jesus dude, it says in the TITLE OF THE ARTICLE "Lindows, Netscape team up". Linux finally gets AIM and AOL Mail. Is that what you consider an AOL client? So, GAIM and Opera both able to access such systems are AOL clients? Color me frickin suprised.

This isn't some genius marketing move that will sway the unwashed masses to Linux either. It is Netscape, not AOL 7.0, AOLites who were born and raised on AOL know AOL for being AOL they care little about some program called Netscape "does that have the internet on it? AOL comes with the internet so I use it". This is news for people who don't read good or at all, not geeks...wait this is slashdot. Nevermind.