Ian> Is anyone here interested in building an operating system?

Yes, plenty of us.  But there are also many people here who believe
strongly in fair play, and feel that "Sun" (I'm intentionally being
vague here) cheated by taking something which had previously been
treated as owned by the community (ignore the trademark; I'm talking
about spirit rather than letter) and reasserted ownership for itself
without prior consultation or even announcement.

While I personally care little about names like this, I recognize
that there are many in our community who do care, and I'm surprised
that people whose pay grade suggests they should know better either
did not know how the community would react or did not care.

-- John

http://blogs.sun.com/jbeck

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