OT: Sun & Gnome = ?

[Sean]

No i think it was a cloak and dagger agreement. the idea being if everyone
throws in one or two pieces of their _good_ software. what they would end
up with is an assortment of good pieces to assemble a competitive OS from. 
They wouldnt be restricted by M$, they offer compatibility with the MUTT
os and still get to keep their business model and existing software
until a free OS emerges that can actually compete head to head with M$. 
Its also free software so no single business is in control of it. 

The time would be considerably cut down IF Apple tosses in their MacOS X
GUI like you would probably see linux on the shelves of best buy in 3-6
months. (well not best buy, M$ owns them, but maybe compusa or circuit
city)

Now just for arguments sake. What license would that GUI have to be
released under for it to be successful on the Linux platform?

they could release it 5 ways. 
BSD (bsd is probably out of the question because they dont want M$ to
swipe it )
GNU _one vote for ben already_
Apples open source license.
Free but no source.
open source but a nominal charge for use.  



On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, Tim Schmidt wrote:

> Lets broaden our thoughts here for a minute...  In essence, they're putting 
> preasure on everyone to release all (or at least most) software open source. 

>   It's a sort of 'downward spiral' in which company after company submits to 
> peer preasure (at the very least, there are also --many-- other seductive 
> advantages to going OSS.  I shouldn't have to mention them) and hops on the 
> bandwagon.  This lures/forces some more companies, and on and on.
> 
> The software industry is fundamentally changing before our eyes.  OSS 
> software developers are no longer ubergeeks, but also huge multi-nationals, 
> and penny-pinching startups.  This transition is filled with more than it's 
> share of buzz-words and hype (what part of the computer industry isn't?) but 
> Linux (and OSS) isn't a dirty word any more.
> 
> Corporations are simply going to have to be open in order to compete.  Even 
> if it's just to satisfy a checkbox on a spec sheet.
>