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OpenSolaris Governing Board Closing Shop?

echolinux writes "Frustrated by Oracle's refusal to interact with the OpenSolaris community or speak with the OpenSolaris Governing Board, the OGB has issued an ultimatum to Oracle: designate a liaison to the OGB by August 16th or the board will 'take action at the August 23 meeting to trigger the clause in the OGB charter that will return control of the community to Oracle.'"

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  1. and alone one dark night by nimbius · · Score: 2, Funny

    on the internet, i felt my coffee mug rumble and the tubes begin to quake...i felt a fork looming in the distance.

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  2. I blame Jörg Schilling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is he involved in the negotiations?

  3. Uhhh... by Jaysyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uhhh.. that will show them?

    "If you don't give in to our demands...we'll give up & stop existing?"

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    There is a war going on for your mind.
  4. Old Aggie joke by BenEnglishAtHome · · Score: 3, Funny

    An Aggie* comes home to find his wife in bed with another man. He pulls out a pistol and points it at his own head. His wife screams "No, don't do it!" The Aggie replies "Just wait; you're next."

    * - Footnote for people not from Texas - Students at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) University are called Aggies and are the subject of endless jokes insulting their intelligence.

    1. Re:Old Aggie joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Jokes? I thought those were news reports!

  5. Re:I'd just like to interject for a moment. by S.O.B. · · Score: 1, Funny

    I didn't realize RMS posted on Slashdot.

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    Some of what I say is fact, some is conjecture, the rest I'm just blowing out my ass...you guess.
  6. Re:lolwut? by Brett+Buck · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's the Judean People's Front crack Suicide Team to the rescue!

  7. Re:Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Support a community well and it will pay you back.

    Yeah, that worked out great for Sun, didn't it?

  8. Re:lolwut? by TrailerTrash · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the People's Front of Judea. Bloody splinter group.