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Sun's Simon Phipps Answers ESR On Java

Posted by timothy on from the lots-of-air-moving dept.

comforteagle writes "Sun's Chief Technology Officer Simon Phipps has answered Eric Raymond's open letter calling on Sun to open source Java." In the quoted response, Phipps says (condensed) "I'd say this is 100 per cent rant... His simplistic accusations don't hold water... If this is the way that Open Source treats its friends, I'd hate to see how it treats its enemies... It's pretty difficult to respond to this. He's so out of touch."

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  1. I love Simon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's great on American Idol. I bet he really rips into ESR!

  2. and the answer is.... by twoslice · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this is the way that Open Source treats its friends, I'd hate to see how it treats its enemies...

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  3. Re:foresight by Yoda2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shame I can't see the article - /.ed already!

  4. What we need is... by Stradenko · · Score: 5, Funny

    An open letter from RMS to clarify the situation and convince Mr. Phipps that the free software community loves him and that the open source community does not accurately represent our opinions.

  5. He's so out of touch by slutdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    So is the website...

  6. Starting Java... by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny
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    "I'd say this is 100 per cent rant... His simplistic accusations don't hold water... If this is the way that Open Source treats its

    Warning:Simon Phipps has made an illegal operation. The application will be terminated.

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    RTFJ.
  7. He's so out of touch. by Trigun · · Score: 3, Funny

    And in other news, Simon Phillips wins the "Understatement of the year" award, also known as the "GNU/Understatement of the year" award

  8. Sun on IBM by Aardpig · · Score: 5, Funny

    IBM is just wrapping itself in the flag, but it still behaves like an old-fashioned systems company. Sun is actually taking the risks

    Of course, it all suddenly becomes clear! Sun are taking all the risks, by investing so much time and effort in Linux development. That's why SCO are suing them, rather than those Johnny-come-latelys at IBM.

    Wait a moment....

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  9. Re:foresight by Losat · · Score: 4, Funny

    And people wonder why slashdot posters never read the article before posting. We try; we want to; but we kill the poor article host.

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  10. Re:rings a bell. . . by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Is that all they're teaching folks in MBA school anymore? Don't respond to valid arguments and criticism; instead, discredit your detractors by branding them as "out of touch" or "communist" or a "tree hugger"."

    I'd explain it to you, but there's no way an out of touch communist tree hugger such as yourself would understand.

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  11. Uh huh. by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    'In fact, Sun has contributed more to Open Source than anybody else bar Berkeley.'

    I think he's right there. The high performance and ease of use of Sun's C Compiler did more to promote GCC than anything those GNU folks ever did. Their tireless efforts to provide an unusable toolkit and utilities throughout the lifecycle of SunOS and Solaris only proves their support for open source alternatives.

  12. Re:Double standard for Linus? by Short+Circuit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, a lot of people were pissed off that he put Linux under the GPL.

    But personally, I see it as a good thing.

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  13. Re:appropriate by orthogonal · · Score: 4, Funny

    nice. how does it go?

    "Counted, counted, and you're time is up?"

    The Aramaic words "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin" may be translated literally as, "It has been counted and counted, weighed and divided."

    But in an effort to reach out to modern readers, a newer and more accessible translation (which nevertheles retains for metrical reasons the Old English form "belongen") renders it as:

    "Pwned, Pwnded, make your time, to us are belongen all your base."

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