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Is Sun Turning against Linux and Red Hat?

An Elephant writes "Groklaw is reporting, based on a ZDNet UK story, that Sun's strategy for survival in the near future is based on trying to equate Linux with Red Hat, and then attack Red Hat as too small to support enterprises. This seems strange -- Sun is selling a Linux distro itself (the Java Desktop System). As I write this, there's no mention of this on Sun's website -- neither confirmation nor denial. What's going on?"

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  1. why whorry? by BinLadenMyHero · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just let it die a slow and painfull death.

    1. Re:why whorry? by BinLadenMyHero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      it's nice to have karma to burn.
      two less points with a double -1 offtopic, here it comes!

  2. Re:Yes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    What the fuck are you trying to say man?

  3. Re:What's going on? by Horizon_99 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, and, like did ya see what Sun was wearing today? Ugh Sun is such a whore.

  4. Re:Good god! Sun makes a heel turn! by AuMatar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BY GAWD this heinous! Its a slobberknocker! That Sun is a hoss!

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  6. Re:turning linux? by big+tex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow.

    That was about as fun as kicking myself in the nuts.

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  7. Re:Ye Olden Days by mingot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Also I notice MS bought SAP.

    They did?

  8. Re:No surprise here... by smurf975 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't buy it, I grow it.

    This will be my Slashdot sig from now on.

    For me it means: I don't buy Windows, I manage and configure (growing) Linux/GNU to work for me.

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  9. Re:No surprise here... by nitrocloud · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is slashdot an ally? Here's why /. is against Linux: 1. Invite all Linux conversations. 2. Mod down to stifle free speech. 3. ??? 4. Pr... WTH... they can't profit!

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  10. Re:Warped Perspective? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Moderators: Please note that "twitter" is a known fanatical sycophant whose obnoxious offtopic rants are legend here on Slashdot. It doesn't matter what the topic is, he'll find a way to scrape in some pointless Microsoft bashing. While nobody expects us to love Microsoft in any way, his particularly tepid style of calling anyone he replies to "troll" or "liar" or "fanboy" because he happens to disagree with whatever they're saying is well documented and should not be rewarded. If anything, twitter is the type of person that should not be part of the open source/free software community. He is an anathema to all that is good about free software.

    I'm posting this so that you (the moderator) have some context to consider twitter and not mod him up whenever he posts his filler preformatted rants about installing Knoppix or Mepis or whatever that unfortunately get him karma every single time and allow him to continue posting his trademark toxic crap (read on) day in and day out. You may consider this a troll - I consider it community service. And I ain't kidding.

    If you're a /. subscriber, I invite you to look through some of his posting history. I guarantee that you'll be hard pressed to find someone that is more "out there" than twitter. You'll also probably notice he's got quite an AC following. Don't just read his posts, make sure you go through the replies.

    To get an idea of what I'm talking about, check this post out. This is an article about email disclaimers. The parent of the post is complaining about the ads in the linked page and so on, and twitter actually goes off on a rant to blame it on Microsoft and recommend Lynx, because "is teh free".

    Here's another. In this post twitter not only calls the OP a troll but attempts to "tell it like it is" while making some vague argument about "GNU". Yes, if you're confused, you're not alone. The reply (modded +4) proceeds to simply destroy his bogus argument. You will notice he did not reply. This is what some people call "drive-by advocacy". A sort of I'll just leave you with my thoughts here and move on to the next flamebait kind of deal. In fact, he almost never replies because he knows that his fanatical arguments simply do not hold up to any sort of discussion. It's not that he's chosen the wrong cause - he's just going at it in a completely wrong way.

    Here's that drive-by advocacy and FUD in motion: twitter goes on about some topic and then drops the usual "oh and M$ is teh evil" because "WMP phones home" or some such. Called on his FUD, he then claims that WMP stores every song and movie you've ever played in a file, somewhere. Pressed further, he just sort of slithers out of sight, his FUD-spreading complete. This is not about some Microsoft technology that nobody likes anyway; it's about lying for the sake of lying. Way too many of his posts are exactly like this one.

    More? Just read though this post and the subsequent replies. I guess this stands on its own. Or these two. Or this one. Or this one.

    Still not convinced? This is what twitter considers "humour" while going about his daily "M$" routine.

    M

  11. Re:Sun Had a Great Idea by EllF · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You clearly mean, "if Bush wins in November". "Again" would imply that he won the first time.

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