Sun Micro's greater China president Yu to leave
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| "With some of the open source software getting very good momentum
| in China recently, especially Linux, Sun faces many challenges in
| the middle- and low-end market. But in the meantime, Sun is
| getting very tough competition from IBM and HP in the top-end
| market," Analysys' Yu added.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070403:MTFH33499_2007-04-03_08-32-18_HKG97243&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/2auqhv
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At 25, Sun struggles to reinvent itself
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| Had Sun stuck to its roots, it might still enjoy the dominant share
| of the Unix market today. Instead it succumbed to its own early
| tactics. A new OS appeared -- Linux -- built from scratch but based
| on open standards. It could only do a portion of what Solaris
| could do, but it cost nothing and ran on commodity x86 hardware.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id%3b504500217%3bfp%3b16%3bfpid%3b0
Sun's servers resurgent in 2006 - Gartner
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| Sun Microsystems used 2006 as a throwback session by pushing
| its sales way higher while rivals were happy to exit the year
| with any kind of growth.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/22/gartner_2006_sales/
Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
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| And regarding Java, Schwartz said in an interview: "We did version 2
| with Java because version 3 wasn't out. When we have version 3, Java
| will likely go to 3."
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| Sun is considering the GPLv3 because it wants to appeal to developers
| who favor the GPL. Another factor is a patent protection expected to
| feature in the new version of the license, Schwartz added.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6157761.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3
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| Sun is going to add the upcoming GNU General Public License version
| 3 (GPLv3) to OpenSolaris in addition to its current CDDL (Common
| Development and Distribution License).
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8979755794.html
Will GPLv3 energize Free Software, or marginalize the FSF?
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| As written, GPLv3 threatens to fork GNU projects and marginalize
| the Free Software Foundation, writes Linux observer Bill Weinberg
| in this well-written essay. Drawing on long experience
| evangelizing open source licensing to business users, Weinberg
| suggests that the FSF's GPLv3 high road could be a lonesome one.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2003051251.html
Will Sun Use GPLv3?
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| First of all, Sun has been engaged directly in the GPL v3 process
| since it started. My colleagues and I attended the launch conference
| in Cambridge, MA at the start of 2006 - I even logged the
| conversation with my friend and collaborator Danese Cooper of Intel.
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http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/about_gplv3
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