There's been a lot of speculation in the press about this, and statements from
some Oracle executives that caused the speculation. It's not like it's some big
secret, or that customers aren't watching their backs because of it either.
Much less that mergers usually result in layoffs due to
Why don't you participate in the discussions on
caiman-discuss at opensolaris dot org rather than ranting here?
Thanks Ian, I'll go rant over there ;-)
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Oracle buys SUN for Java and SUN sparc hardware.
So there is no reason to speculate on this.
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Anon Y Mous wrote:
However, Indiana could become the dominant server operating system in most data
centers AND generate lots of revenue for Sun in terms of support subscriptions
and Sun hardware purchases if we just had a simple text based installer that
allowed you to add a static IP
Yes it will stay open source. The CDDL is a very nice license, and doesn't
allow easy 'take backs' either. The only approach Oracle would be able to take
would be one of SCO-like claims about improperly released copyright material.
That approach would not yield them any positives, and would
After Accusion I'm interested answering on one my question
Is possible that sun after buying by oracle , can buy little companies for
example working under vbox or cc developing ?
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these sorts of questions are just not going to get answered here, they are
corporate strategy not community issues...anyone with any onfo on where this
will go is under nda. Please see prior threads on this topic rather than
polluting the lists with redundant discussion.
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Do you know weather this system will stay open source?
Greets Louis Hoefler
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Louis,
No body really knows the answer to this, anything is pretty much
speculation at this stage. Its pretty difficult to 'reverse' the open
sourcing policy now but then anything could happen.
You'll have to wait and see - just like everyone else in the industry.
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