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recognition, a working service company (that is finally making a bit of
money), and talent. But would they put it to use? To what end?

One can't help but think of their other acquisitions and how little AOL
has
done with them. ICQ? Well, there's ads in the newer versions, and AIM is
still in its own little world. Whoopie. Netscape? You can thank
Mozilla.org
for any improvements in that department. Winamp seems largely unchanged
from
its original trajectory. In many ways, these apps are just pieces to an
ongoing MS vs. AOL feud. But a Redhat acquisition could seriously raise
the
stakes, if they could find a route to the desktop. Imagine all of those
AOL
coasters shipping out far and near, sporting not just "The New AOL 7.0!"
but
"AOL Redhat Linux," packaged with all of the software most people would
ever
use, all for free. Is this a "change the world" kind of move, or just
another AOL purchase that won't make all that much of a difference?
Thanks
to LamoTheKid, Jig, and -ear- for being the first ones to spread the
word on
this (all within 1 minute of each other, oddly).