Sun demurs from adopting GPL v3 for OpenSolaris, keeps CDDL only
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| On the other hand, there may be highly positive long-term effects that
| protect users, build bridges to the Apache community, close patent
| infringement loopholes (you know what I mean), and that bring more low-risk
| open source use to more organizations (and spur them on as contributors) in a
| mission critical sense. Sun should be for that, no? But here’s where they are
| at …
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2489
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Sun set to open source Java products
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| We won't see any huge wave until after that occurs. I suspect that the
| most interesting sort of case for that will be to see what will happen
| on the Linux platform, which is one of the reasons why GPL is such a
| prudent choice here [for Java].
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| With a platform with a compatible licence to that of Linux ...what
| effect it will have on the Linux community and their use of Java on
| the Linux distribution it is a proof point.
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/devt/1BADF7624C780F9ACC2572D8000377F1
McNealy says Sun evaluating OpenSolaris on GPL
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| There have been nearly 8 million downloads of Solaris in the last
| two years, and there are 900 systems certified to run Solaris,
| which is more than any Linux distribution, McNealy said.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070509/tc_infoworld/88402
Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris
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| Basic operations, such as the "ls" command to see a listing of
| files in a directory, behave differently in Solaris, and Solaris
| lacks Linux tools for packaging, downloading and installing
| software such as Debian's apt-get, Murdock said. And Linux's
| installation process is much better than that of Solaris, in
| part because of better hardware support, he said.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62011784,00.htm
Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn
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| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html
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