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20th January 2002 Archive

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  • Who wins if AOL swallows RedHat?

    Trick question

    It's hard to imagine of a deal that would allow Microsoft to pose as a champion of choice and plurality, but the acquisition of the leading Linux company by dismal media conglomerate AOL/Time Warner may just do the trick. According to the Washington Post AOL/Time Warner is in "fluid" discussions to acquire Red Hat, the only …

    Business 20 Jan 2002, 10:01

  • Borland's Dead C Scrolls

    Stob's unpublished prequel

    Historic computer documents are often lost in the mists of time. But not always - and it's with great pleasure that we can offer you a manuscript of great antiquity that's never been seen before. It's actually a prequel to Verity Stob's Borland old testament histories we linked to here, and carbon dating has confirmed that it …

    Bootnotes 20 Jan 2002, 10:17

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