> Let's aside for the moment Sun's marketing department and their > handling of trademarks to date ( Sun Java System iPlanet ONE > OpenSolaris Enterprise Edition ) and focus just on the current > trademark. > You invoke the names "Ubuntu" "Fedora" et al. All of which are... > Linux. Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, etc. > > Why then can't OpenSolaris remain what it is, the trademark analogous > with the "Linux" trademark. ( and "because sun has legal rights over > it" isn't an argument. Again, we all know this. We're arguing > morality, not legality )
Yes! LD_PRELOAD_32=ReallyNoPersonalInterest.so banner "By trying to control this little bit of a too much, SMI are shooting themselves in their own feet. That's just how it will prove to be, one day, rather earlier, than later. Whether SMI change their mind or not: It will have an effect on the acceptance and adoption. Call Indiana Sun-OpenSolaris, not OpenSolaris, *please*." -- %martin, ... who is wrapping up for today
