Here's another one: Ransome Love, CEO of Caldera Systems, agrees with Mundie that the GPL doesn't make much business sense. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2717264,00.html > You've probably heard about Microsoft Senior VP Craig Mundie's > speech, seen by many as an attack on Open Source. There have > been some great responses to the speech, including one from > Tim O'Reilly. You might want to check out some of these links: > > The text of Mundie's speech: > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/craig/05-03sharedsource.asp > > Linus Torvalds' response on Dan Gillmor's weblog: > http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/05/03/opinion/dgillmor/weblog/t > orvalds.htm > > Tim's response: > http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/wlg/293 > > Eric Raymond's warning "Beware the Microsoft Shell Game"--written > just before the speech: > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-02-019-20-NW-CY-MS > > Dave Winer's response: > http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2001/05/03 > > And check out Doc Searls' thoughtful "Getting past fear and fudding": > http://doc.weblogs.com/stories/storyReader$715 > > Finally, Tim has invited Craig Mundie to come to the > Open Source Convention in San Diego in July. I don't know > whether he'll accept or not, but I know it's going to be an > interesting Convention either way. Check it out at: > http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > If you want to cancel an O'Reilly newsletter subscription, go > to http://elists.oreilly.com/ and de-select any newsletters you > no longer wish to receive. For assistance, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- >
