AOL in Negotiations to Buy Red Hat, By Alec Klein, Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 19, 2002; Page F1
AOL Time Warner Inc. is in talks to buy Red Hat Inc., a prominent distributor of a computer operating system, an acquisition that would position the media giant to challenge arch rival Microsoft Corp., according to sources familiar with the matter.
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You always have to wonder at these announcements, whether the idea is to buy out in order to snuff-out or what.
Chuck Grimes