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Sun's Schwartz Speaks Out on Linux, SCO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday September 21, 2003 @04:20AM from the alas-poor-yorick dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an interview with eWeek Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's executive vice president for software, states: "We do not believe that Linux plays a role on the server. Period. If you want to buy it, we will sell it to you, but we believe that Solaris is a better alternative, that is safer, more robust, higher quality and dramatically less expensive in purchase price.". Also: "IBM is being so hypocritical. If the issue is a non-issue, why don't they indemnify their customers?""

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Well,well by O2n · 2003-09-21 04:23 · Score: 5, Funny

"we believe that Solaris is a better alternative, that is safer, more robust, higher quality and dramatically less expensive in purchase price."

In other news, Ford recommends Ford cars, Dell have a high cosideration of Dell products and McD suggests we all eat a hamburger.

What's wrong with people today?
1. Re:Well,well by johnny0101 · 2003-09-21 04:32 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  We do not believe that Linux plays a role on the server. Period. If you want to buy it, we will sell it to you
  
  So basically, we hold to our convictions unless we can make some dough!
  
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Re:Purchase price.... by Nucleon500 · 2003-09-21 04:27 · Score: 4, Funny

Remember, Linux isn't free, it's $699.

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Re:Purchase price.... by loginx · 2003-09-21 04:27 · Score: 3, Funny

All the prices you see on the sun website are negatives... They're all just the amounts they're willing to pay you for using it.