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Sun COO Schwartz Promises Open Source Solaris

Posted by timothy on from the big-welcome-sign-but-which-license dept.

Alapan writes "According to C-Net Asia, Sun plans to make Solaris open source soon. While I hardly expect Sun to make it GPL compatible, I wonder how much restrictions Sun will place on distributing modified solaris systems. And will we some integration of Solaris' strong points into other open source OSes like Linux and BSD?" Update: 06/02 14:16 GMT by T : Correction: Schwartz is Sun's COO and President, but not CEO (as the headline originally had it).

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  1. Re:Does this mean that . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I think Sun should open source Java right after IBM open source's DB2. IBM's "request" was merely a crappy attempt to get more control over Java.

  2. Re:I would be wary of this news by EvilAlien · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Sun has been an enemy of Linux for some time now, every since McNealy did his flipflop in October of last year: Sun radically changes Linux Mantra.

    Sun is much more of an ally to Microsoft's cause than many realize. Personally, I don't blame Microsoft for treating Linux like a competitor (although I don't care for many of their tactics in combating the threat Linux poses), but Sun's stance feels like betrayal. Of course, it only feels that way because of a small shred of naive "UNIXes should stick together!" sentiment. There is no rational reason to expect Sun to not view Linux as a threat, but its pretty dirty of them to barely hide that they are allied with Microsoft.

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  3. Re:from TFA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Of course, making everything completely free would make Sun more profitable, right? Jesus Christ you people are fucking retarded.

    The 'open source community' doesn't give a shit about anybody except themselves. Sun have provided them with the key ingredient to make Linux a viable desktop OS - an office suite, and still we get kiddies like you on /. ungrateful as hell, and wanting more free stuff.

    COMPANIES EXIST TO MAKE PROFIT. WHAT PART OF THIS DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?