Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 11:28:14 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005181127560.29262-100000@atelier.acadiau.ca>
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Its old, but I never saw it go around the lists and thought it was cute :) Marc G. Fournier marc.fournier@acadiau.ca Senior Systems Administrator Acadia University "These are my opinions, which are not necessarily shared by my employer" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 11:57:59 PST From: Jean Chouanard <chouanard@PARC.XEROX.COM> To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Subject: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat (fwd) ------- Forwarded Message From: "Buffer the IP Slayer" <info@openbsd.org> To: announce@openbsd.org Subject: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat Sender: owner-announce@openbsd.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: announce@openbsd.org Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 09:56:27 PST April 1, 19100 Durham, NC -- MSNBC News Services "OpenBSD to merge with RedHat" Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) announced today it will acquire secure OS maker OpenBSD in a deal involving Red Hat shares. OpenBSD, widely regarded as the world's most secure operating system, will be merged with Red Hat Linux, the market leader in Linux distributions. The new company will be called Rad Hat Labs. Said Red Hat CEO Robert Young "The Linux mascot is a penguin and OpenBSD's is a blowfish. Both of these are marine animals so it really was a natural pairing. In the same way that the ocean covers over 75% of the surface of the earth, we hope to gain at least 75% of the operating system marketplace. Also, because of the strength of the US dollar in comparison to the Canadian dollar we were able to pick them up for a song." Said de Raadt of the purchase "I tried to get them to pay me in Krugerrands but had to settle for stock". The exact purchase price has not been disclosed. Red Hat shares closed Friday at 42-3/8. According to industry analyst Mudge of L0pht @Stake the corporate image was a negotiating stumbling block. "I tried to convince them to call it GrayHat OpenBSD but that didn't fly." Young told us "That's just not the image we're going for. We're thinking more along the lines of the OpenBSD blowfish wearing a backwards red baseball cap to give it a real rebel edge." There will be a few changes at Red Hat as well. Reportedly, `Rhad Labs' will be changing its name to `deRaadt Labs' in honor of OpenBSD's founder. And speaking of the Labs, Alan Cox had the following to say "I've admired the OpenBSD security model for some time now and look forward to working with Theo." The new merged operating system will also be released under the Rad Hat Community Source License. Young was quick to point that the new 15 page source license still means business as usual for developers and users. "Whatever you could do with the source code before, you can still do under the new license", said Young. "It's just that corporate buyers didn't take us seriously with the GPL or the BSD licenses. Now that they have to spend serious cash on lawyers to interpret this thing for them, they view us as a real software vendor." ------- End of Forwarded Message :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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