Unfortunately, Sun's technical innovations have too often been overshadowed by McNealy. He is responsible for creating a corporate culture known equally for its bunker mentality as for its technical excellence. To have lost such a dominating market position so quickly can only point to top management being asleep at the switch.
Sadly ego may have put Sun on the endangered list. Once it was clear that low end alternative servers were closing the performance and stability gap McNealy should have stopped the Anti-Microsoft road show and dealt with the real threat.
There was already a lawsuit against the Berkeley Computer Group by ATT labs in the early 90's over code and itellectual property. The suit was settled and the former evolved into *BSD while the latter is now the Open Group. Thus any legal wrangling over the code is res judicata -it cannot be litigated again!
They clearly state "unix-like" and reference the Open Group's trademark which is enough.
I do not think any Company should assist in any way those who steal (sorry - I mean pirate) their products. MS is perfectly correct to limit upgrades to paying customers. And I imagine IBM, Sun do the same.
Corporate documents are routinely destroyed unless there is a legal reason requiring preservation - 1) law requiring such (tax records kept for 7 years); 2) litigation.
Interesting that Sun reviewed the documents and found nothing. If there was anything Sun could have used against Microsoft in a trial the judge would not have OK'd the shredding. Such is obstruction of justice or contempt of court.
Obviously the poster has no real knowledge of *BSD or other OS. But, demonstrably he does have his head up his ass. Do we continue to see *BSD companies folding left and right? No. They just keep rolling along......
Get a life and do try to learn something factual!
How incredible that a competitor of Microsoft would be upset at an outcome which does not help them in the market at all. Yes this is a Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious.
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Unfortunately, Sun's technical innovations have too often been overshadowed by McNealy. He is responsible for creating a corporate culture known equally for its bunker mentality as for its technical excellence. To have lost such a dominating market position so quickly can only point to top management being asleep at the switch. Sadly ego may have put Sun on the endangered list. Once it was clear that low end alternative servers were closing the performance and stability gap McNealy should have stopped the Anti-Microsoft road show and dealt with the real threat.
There was already a lawsuit against the Berkeley Computer Group by ATT labs in the early 90's over code and itellectual property. The suit was settled and the former evolved into *BSD while the latter is now the Open Group. Thus any legal wrangling over the code is res judicata -it cannot be litigated again!
They clearly state "unix-like" and reference the Open Group's trademark which is enough.
I do not think any Company should assist in any way those who steal (sorry - I mean pirate) their products. MS is perfectly correct to limit upgrades to paying customers. And I imagine IBM, Sun do the same.
Corporate documents are routinely destroyed unless there is a legal reason requiring preservation - 1) law requiring such (tax records kept for 7 years); 2) litigation. Interesting that Sun reviewed the documents and found nothing. If there was anything Sun could have used against Microsoft in a trial the judge would not have OK'd the shredding. Such is obstruction of justice or contempt of court.
Really - so what.
See Ya - AMD!
Non-graceful shutdown can damage any OS. This one is your doing - not Microsoft.
Likely because OpenBSD can handle huge loads of traffic.
Obviously the poster has no real knowledge of *BSD or other OS. But, demonstrably he does have his head up his ass. Do we continue to see *BSD companies folding left and right? No. They just keep rolling along... ...
Get a life and do try to learn something factual!
How incredible that a competitor of Microsoft would be upset at an outcome which does not help them in the market at all. Yes this is a Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious.