| Rumor: AOL to embrace Linux and Mozilla, drop MS Explorer |
Mar. 11, 2002
In this exclusive article published on Newsforge, Robin "Roblimo" Miller reports on new reports of negotiations between AOL and Red Hat . . .
"According to several Red Hat and AOL employees who spoke to NewsForge but asked us not to use their names, recent negotiations between AOL and Red Hat that led to rumors about AOL considering a Red Hat acquisition were really negotiations for support contracts that will help AOL use Linux more effectively."
". . . once AOL switches to the Mozilla rendering engine, Netscape and Mozilla users -- and possibly Opera, Galeon and Konq users as well -- will no longer find themselves staring angrily at 'Best viewed with Internet Explorer' or 'You cannot access all features of this site unless you use Internet Explorer' tag lines -- except, possibly at MSN, which already requires Explorer and Windows Media Player to listen to music. This may be bad for Microsoft, but more Web sites following industry-wide standards is good for everyone else."
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