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| DATE | 2006-11-17 |
| FROM | Ron Guerin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Sun and the GPL
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Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 01:42:14PM -0500, Billy wrote:
>> On Nov 15, 2006, at 12:30 PM, Ron Guerin wrote:
>>> Ruben Safir wrote:
>>>> Sun to release OpenSolaris under the GPL?
>>>>
>>>> 11/14/2006 6:50:35 PM, by Ryan Paul
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> Sun's current interest in the GPL is likely a result of Green's
>>>> influence.
>>> Uhm. No. Actually no need to speculate about it, since Schwartz
>>> already told us what their current interest in the GPL is.
>>> The Microsoft-Novell deal has shown them the error of their ways.
>>>
>> I don't know what this means.
>
> That is exactly what I said, and BTW, I was thinking of you today and even looked
> up your website.
"... a rising tide lifts all boats"
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/fueling_the_network_effect
And apparently they're dining on crow and hat over at Sun.
Dana Blankenhorn suggested over on ZDNet about a week ago "The war is
over. Linux won." One might say the same about the GPL.
- Ron
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