OT: Sun & Gnome = ?

[Edward Glowacki]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Alan Garrison wrote:
> GPL'ing star office is merely a (huge) jab at 
> M$.  Sun has been increasing their TV advertising 
> lately, trying to get the non-techie masses to 
> realize who the heck they are.  Basically a 
> good move if they also advertise Star Office 
> as a free alternative to M$ Office.  I suppose 
> Sun playing nice with the GNOME people couldn't 
> hurt, as long as they adhere to the license.

As long as they don't try the M$ tactic of "embrace and extend"...
Though it's not too likely to happen, I don't want to see GNOME 3
years down the road ending up as a copy of CDE or emblazened with
a new name.  I can just see it now: "Now starting Sun-GNOME GNU/Linux
Mozilla OS..." ;)  OK, so I'm being a bit cynical here, but I fear
huge corporate involvement in projects that seem to compete (at
least on some levels) directly with their own products.


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