On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 09:57:41AM -0600, Michael Chaney wrote: > As for Java, they're making money from it. IBM makes more money selling > services around it, but the bottom line is that Sun doesn't understand > the services business. GPL'ing a program, regardless of what people > say, immediately ends the profit potential for that piece of software. > Sun knows this, and they still want to make money from Java.
Maybe they should start make money from selling *Java services* just as IBM is doing, and provide Java under an open license instead. Being the creator and initial developer of a technology gives them an immediate edge in that market methinks. Scott McNealy and the rest of the folks at Sun have two choices: control or ubiquity. True, it may make them take a hit in the short term at the time they need to stop bleeding off money, However, with .NET breathing down their necks giving up control for ubiquity should start looking like a much more attractive option. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
