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Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux (TechWeb)Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux (TechWeb)Posted Jun 11, 2003 23:25 UTC (Wed) by bignose (subscriber, #40)Parent article: Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux (TechWeb)
> The enthusiasm isn't about Linux, it's about access to Intel and the As others have pointed out, that was being offered with Solaris on Intel, and there wasn't a heck of a lot of enthusiasm for that. What is different about GNU/Linux then? It's free software. That freedom is what fuels the enthusiasm and simultaneously enables it to bring results. Sun are already aware of the enthusiasm that surrounds free software, as shown by their actions with OpenOffice (converted from proprietary software to free software, and hugely popular as a result) and GNOME (loads of development effort contributed to an existing free software project, with massive improvement as a result). Yet they still cling to the idea of non-free infrastructure (Solaris operating system, Java programming environment) as if it were still relevant. They will realise that free software is always preferable to anyone given the choice. What remains to be seen is whether they realise it in time to save their company.
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Sun: Linux Users Don't Actually Want Linux (TechWeb) Posted Jun 12, 2003 12:41 UTC (Thu) by banshee_dk (guest, #10290) [Link] Sun hates Mircrosoft even more than Intel (and GNU/Linux), therefore they made StarOffice OpenSource (aka OpenOffice), not to support OpenSource, but to attack Mircrosoft. Don't fool yourself, they are NOT fighting for our freedom, they are trying to put our freedom in prisson (in varius ways doug...).
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