Re: [cobalt-users] AOL bashing (was: Global CGI)

[Chuck <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Kris Dahl wrote:

> on 6/21/00 12:50 PM, WayneB6094@xxxxxxx at WayneB6094@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > 
> >> Certainly you will agree that we all put a lower priority on emails from
> >> aol.com?
> > 
> > No, I don't think so.
> > 
> For me, that stigmata is not the reason why I am not an AOL user.  Its the
> same reason why I don't really have an ISP either--I need and want the
> control over every aspect of my infrastructure.  I don't want to have to
> click 'no thanks' a gazillion times to check my email, etc., etc.  And I'd
> like to be able to use whatever email client (or any client) to do what I
> need.  This means open source in most cases, which AOL is pretty much
> closed-source, and even closed-configuration in most cases.  What about AOL
> + Linux?  Not a chance.
> 
> Which actually leads me to ask why you wouldn't discount a post from
> @aol.com to a Linux mailing list if by definition they aren't using Linux?

Before we start bashing AOL, I would like to point out, that a few weeks
ago AOL announced that they selected Linux as the operating system for the
Internet Appliance that they are going to produce in partnership with
Gateway. Besides using Linux as the OS, it will be powered by Transmeta's
Cruse that currently beats the cr*p out of Andrew's chips. 

So I thing AOL might be on the right track after many many years of
errance in the desert ;)