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  From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 02:30:07 +0900

April Fools Joke: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat :-)

>Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 11:57:59 -0800 (PST)
>From: Jean Chouanard <chouanard@PARC.XEROX.COM>
>Subject: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat (fwd)
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>From: "Buffer the IP Slayer" <info@openbsd.org>
>To: announce@openbsd.org
>Subject: OpenBSD to merge with RedHat
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>Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 09:56:27 PST
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>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."
>
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>:-)
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Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com, Master Linux Administrator :-),
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.zing.org)
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