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Sun's Linux Exec Departs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bad-news-in-sol-town dept.

HyperbolicParabaloid writes "The NY Times (free reg blah blah) has an article about the departure of Sun's no.2 exec, but also mentions that Stephen DeWitt, the vice president of an important business unit that leads Sun's efforts with the Linux operating system, quietly left Sun on Friday, the company confirmed today."" And the question is: How will this affect projects like OpenOffice release and the on-again, off-again McNealy Linux relationship.

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  1. There once was a coder named Linus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Score : +5, Informative

    There once was a coder named Linus
    Who let RMS touch his penis
    They'd jerk and they'd play
    And Linus would say,
    'We're outside, someone could have seen us'

  2. Slashdot Beatitudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    And seeing the multitudes, He went up unto the mountain: and when He was set, his disciples came unto him: And He opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

    "Blessed are the poor in threshold: for theirs is the Kingdom of the Page-Lengthening and Page-Widening Posts.

    "Blessed are they that mourn the death of *BSD: for they shall be comforted with an ultradense Linux server from VA Linux, now sold by California Digital Corporation.

    "Blessed are the posters of smug one-liners: for they shall inherit an Account Capped at 50.

    "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after The First Post: for they shall have the Third or Fourth Post.

    "Blessed are the karma whores: for they shall obtain "Score: 5, Insightful".

    "Blessed are those who dismiss out-of-hand: for they shall fail to see the Point of the Original Post.

    "Blessed are those who seek to associate themselves with the latest techno-fad: for they shall be called 3L33T for at least Another Half Hour.

    "Blessed are they which are persecuted for their own self-righteousness' sake: for theirs is the Kingdom of "Ask Slashdot".

    "Blessed are the over-eager, who believe that Open Source is a social movement heralding the rise of a new generation: for they shall not realize that There Are No Sacred Cows.

    "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for the sake of your Favorite Operating System.

    "Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in Heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

    THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD

  3. Re:Hey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I gotta feed this troll...

    How the hell did taco let you get that username?

    #1- I'm impressed that your account hasnt been terminated yet.
    #2- with such a username you need to troll better. you had a golden opportunity and you blew it.. oh well...

    My only tip is to go back, read everything taco has ever written and adopt his persona.. than you might be able to troll well!

  4. UK residents, vote Liberal Democrat today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    • To choose Conversative or Labour is to choose to go the current way of America. Do you really want $20,000 medical bills? If so, show your affinity for the Tories. Do you like a lapdog for G. W. Bush for your leader? If so, show your affinity for Labour.
    • To not vote at all is to play on the apathy which has made Labour so strong. And we must take a warning from France as to what else abstainment will do!
    These are not general elections, so you may have individual causes that are important to you, and override the candidates' party affiliations. This is OK. But remember, the spirit of the nation is reflected in the sum of the attitudes of its individual people, which begins with local democracy.

    Yes, democracy is a mess, but think how much worse it is in countries where there is no opportunity at all to have a voice.

    1. Re:UK residents, vote Liberal Democrat today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Sure, I'll vote Liberal Democrat! As if Inland Revenue doesn't get enough of my salary now as it is.

    2. Re:UK residents, vote Liberal Democrat today by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      The 1p suggested by the Liberal Democrats will already be implemented by Labour.

      The Conservative party has, like the Republican in the US, rarely put its "Freedom and Low Taxes" mantra into practice, replacing it with "Corporate interests and high taxes to protect 'em".

      Remember, of course, that Inland Revenue taxation is not (directly) affected by these elections. The vote is concerning local issues. For example, I live in a mostly Conservative area where the already extremely rich council adores hiking up council tax, providing planning permission to turn whole streets into sets of bars/cafes (the last of the two reasonable bookshops recently being pushed out of town for the replacement bar), and so on. The area has turned from one of reasonably priced housing and fantastic calm and safety to a weekend retreat for yuppie City commuters.

  5. Re:I say again, Sun can kill Linux anytime they wa by YourMissionForToday · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cribbity croobity crum bum spatula!

    --
    Liberate your mind in two clicks or less.
  6. There are two sides to every story... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    and there are two sides to the story of the Censorware Project.

    Sig: What REALLY Happened to the Censorware Project