Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 08 August 2007 16:35 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Sun: Open source Niagara 'successful'
>>>>
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>>>>| The success Sun Microsystems has seen from publishing the hardware designs
>>>>| of its Niagara processor is pushing the server and software company to
>>>>| continue its open source chip initiative, and release the source codes of
>>>>| its latest "Niagara 2" processor.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62030524,00.htm
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder if Sun will go GPLv3 for their kernel? I wonder how that might
>>> impact the landscape? It would be interesting to see what happened.
>>
>> Simon Phipps talked to Bob Sutor about it not so long ago. I was sort of in the
>> middle to see it... Bob approves it (he knows that GPLv3 would have stopped
>> OOXML, which he lobbies strongly against... remember that Microsoft /bought/
>> OOXML support because of GPLv3 loopholes). Either way, Simon's mind may have
>> been poisoned by the convicted monopolist's FUD. You'd find that anti-GPLv3
>> litter coming out not from Microsoft itself, but its army of puppets, so it's
>> confusing.
>
> I met Simon last year - he's too smart to be this easily fooled.
>
>>
>>> In any case, open-sourcing hardware is certainly a good move here.
>>
>> There is (at least) one group that forked Niagra 1 over 6 months ago. Since
>> it's GPLed, their work can only help Sun. Isn't the GPL wonderful? Beats
>> reinventing the wheel, lowers costs, and boosts development. All of which
>> benefit the consumer...
>>
>
> The economics of the GPL beat everything, but getting people to
> understand it...
Sigh. I know. If only everyone could be as clever as the Great Mark
Kent. He has a degree you know!
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