Re: [Nolug] world ends, MySQL bought by SUN

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Joey Kelly wrote:

>> I don't get it either. Sun has a pretty good track record lately with
>> open source. Why do people not like Sun so much?
>
> While not the only reason for my lament, Sun went open-source only because it
> was the only way to stay relevant. IMHO.

Please. Sun was open-source before the term "open source" was even
coined. Their contributions to BSD and little protocols like NIS and NFS
are well documented. They "get" Unix cause they *wrote* most of it 25-30
years ago. If any major corporation understands open source, it's Sun.
To say they went open source to stay relevant is ridiculous.

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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