OpenSolaris governing board threatens dissolution (The H)

Posted Jul 17, 2010 1:55 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)
In reply to: OpenSolaris governing board threatens dissolution (The H) by dlang
Parent article: OpenSolaris governing board threatens dissolution (The H)

what amount of contribution to linux changes a company from being a 'leech'

If you mean "leech" in a morally negative sense, then I have no opinion on that. I don't much care about morality of business and I didn't mean to say anything about IBM's hypothetical morality if it hypothetically decided to start using Linux instead of AIX to sell its hardware.

I was only talking about A taking advantage of work that B did for some purpose other than to serve A. And I do think that's an honorable way to increase the wealth of the world.

OpenSolaris governing board threatens dissolution (The H)

Posted Jul 17, 2010 4:55 UTC (Sat) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

you are the first person I have ever seen use the term leech and mean it to be a positive thing :-)

every other time I've seen it used (in most cases with almost the exact same statement you made), it's being used to say that it's not fair that IBM would bet getting so much benefit and they should be punished (if only by preferring the work of some other company that isn't a leech)

the term 'leech' strongly implies (if not outright states) that you are taking something away from the host that it can't use anymore for your own benefit.