[Ma-linux] Sun and the GPL (or why Sun never learns)

[greg pryzby]

Flame On

%s/Sun/Oracle/g

Flame off

yea, Oracle doesn't play as much into these decisions (that I know of), 
but it is why Sun was bought.

THEY DON'T GET IT.

Serge Wroclawski wrote:
> Sun has been a real sad story in my eyes. There was a time I didn't think of them as 
> anything more than another SGI, but they're trying to change their company around ala IBM, 
> but it's not working.
> 
> Read this blog post about a recent incident with Sun and the GPL:
> 
> http://blogs.gnome.org/mneptok/2009/07/06/sun-is-gpl-fud-a-standard-business-practice/
> 
> Of course it comes on the heels of another recent license issue:
> 
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/05/29/1711203/Java-Gets-New-Garbage-Collector-But-Only-If-You-Buy-Support
> 
> You have to wonder how it is that Sun can keep making these types of blunders. They make 
> great products, but seem insistant on making their customers into enemies.
> 
> - Serge


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