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Sun-isms Debunked
Newman writes "We're all aware of the hole-ridden arguments that Sun executives Scott McNealy and Jonathan Schwartz use to attack Linux. This guy at NewsForge really grilled them at the Solaris launch party last Monday, and actually got some straight answers out of them. At the end of the article, both execs have some specific words for Slashdot readers."
Before I could thank them for their time, I was interrupted by a Sun PR flack, who informed me that I was not supposed to be there and that she was going to escort me to the door. It turns out that the press was supposed to leave a half hour before that, and that the end of the party was for Sun employees only. Somehow my colleague Chris Preimesberger and I were overlooked during the press and analyst roundup. So like the cops arresting the Monty Python cast at the end of "The Holy Grail," my colleague and I were ever so gently forced to leave the building. If only we'd been developers instead.
Then they would have given you a cheeseburger and a coke on your way out?
Well since Schwartz was chanting "Developers, Developers, Developers" while having the OSTG reporter escorted out by security, things are looking up. To be succesful you first must act as if you are successful.
"Fuck you're a bunch of loser nerds who could never get laid if your life depended on it. Go home and leave our marketing FUD alone. We like our lifestyles and need money to fund them."
Dude, he's running Gentoo. Gentoo folks claim their 350Mhz Pentuim 2 is "fast enough for daily use".
But if it runs Duke Nukem Forever, it must be called GNU/Hurd, right?
" ... we want developers back on our side. If there's more for us to do, we'll go do it," McNealy added.
... followed by ...
... my colleague and I were ever so gently forced to leave the building.
Sun is just that friendly! Hey, we want you on our side, now get out of here!
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Well, it seems to me that Sun as corporation has allways needed an Enemy to fight against.
Gentoo users love ANYTHING they can get Gentoo running on...
And surely the government knows what's best for us... NOT!
And those features are so good that Sun promotes them, rather then (as the article pointed out) spewing out FUD about Linux.
Now THAT was sarcasm.
I don't think it will kill Sun. It couldn't. Sun has too many long-term clients, some might migrate, but not many. Why fix it if it isn't broken?
Sun would be hurt, for sure, but they wouldn't be destroyed. Government contracts that weren't A1-only would still be fair game for Sun, etc.
Your idea of a secure super computer on the net... I don't know if an A1-rated cluster could do that(i don't doubt it, i just don't know if it could), but it would be damn cool to try.
Imagine having the soldiers on the ground and their next-gen suits that have a PAN(personal area network) that runs a hardened linux. THAT would make me happy. Being able to link that up to a hardened Linux command center for relaying and whatnot. Military money well spent.
The kernel code is way too slick to be expecting Joe Hacker to add value to it
Yes because Sun employs only genetically engineered Super Hackers. Mere mortals can not see the Solaris code without withering in pain.
This, of course, is assuming that you yourself are able to carry on an intelligent conversation, but given the audience here, the vast majority of us are.
You're new here, aren't you?
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