OT: Sun & Gnome = ?

[Sean]

It's not lip service although they may be trying to put pressure on Apple
to release the GUI to MacOS X as open source.





On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> 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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