Posted by: Charles Tryon
on February 02, 2005 03:26 AM
Check out the coverage on <A HREF="http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050201024326302" title="groklaw.net">Groklaw</a groklaw.net>. No, I didn't go to see Sun take pot-shots at IBM. Yes, I'm willing to give Sun credit for making moves in the right direction, but as PJ says:
What would make the community feel more comfortable would be legal language they could rely on. It doesn't need to be fancy, just clear. I'm sure Sun has no trouble with the concept of wanting legal matters set in writing that both sides comprehend and can legally rely on. I am positive they wouldn't enter into any agreement without such guarantees in writing for itself. Why should the community receive less?
It doesn't take a SCO Rocket Scientist to tell that SUN has been inconsistent in their support of FREE Software, or other systems that use it. They have been great at some things, and downright nasty about others. There is no doubt that they want to sink Linux (and Linux companies such as Red Hat) in favor of Solaris. They still want to control the market. They certainly aren't spewing the same caustic rhetoric as MS is, but that doesn't mean we let down our guard and go scrambling over any crumbs they toss in our direction.
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Posted by: Charles Tryon on February 02, 2005 03:26 AMIt doesn't take a SCO Rocket Scientist to tell that SUN has been inconsistent in their support of FREE Software, or other systems that use it. They have been great at some things, and downright nasty about others. There is no doubt that they want to sink Linux (and Linux companies such as Red Hat) in favor of Solaris. They still want to control the market. They certainly aren't spewing the same caustic rhetoric as MS is, but that doesn't mean we let down our guard and go scrambling over any crumbs they toss in our direction.
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