Screw Sun [LWN.net]

Screw Sun

Posted Jul 31, 2003 1:44 UTC (Thu) by walterbyrd (guest, #11620)
In reply to: Screw Sun by dwalters
Parent article: Sun Sees Road To Prosperity Paved With Its Own Products (TechWeb)

>>Even if you don't agree with their pricing proposal (which isn't all that different to United Linux or Lindows, after all<<

What's so good about Lindows? What is the point of united linux? With SCO gone, I think there are two companies in united linux, and only SuSe matters.

>>With 60 PC vendors, including Dell, lining up to bundle Mad Hatter on their hardware, by fair means or foul this will result in more installations of GNU/Linux ending up corporate desktops, and that's a Good Thing<<

Is it? Who knows what sneaky McNealy is up to? McNasty just announced today that he pleased to have the only legal version of linux.

>>Scott McNealy certainly has got his priorities wrong in the past, focusing too much on proprietary Unix, and the licensing deal with SCO<<

But that was long ago, and we all trust him now, right? Don't be niave.

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Screw Sun

Posted Jul 31, 2003 3:06 UTC (Thu) by dwalters (subscriber, #4207) [Link]

McNasty just announced today that he pleased to have the only legal version of linux.

He did?! :-o

I concede that's an outragous statement, and is completely out of order. It does seem typical of his blundering and lack of vision: By saying that he's effectively backing a loser, beceause IBM's lawyers are going to wipe the floor with SCO, and then IBM will probably buy the System V copyrights when SCO go bankrupt.

But that was long ago, and we all trust him now, right? Don't be naive.

I stand corrected.