Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Apr 1997 19:07:40 -0500 (CDT) | From | "C.J. Beyer" <> | Subject | Re: Solaris source (fwd) |
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The REAL reason is to help out Linux, IMHO.
> I don't think (despite what that dude from SGI said) that Sun is > competing with Linux, nor do I beleive that it is their aim. Being a Sun > employee myself (and no I don't speak for them) I can tell you this for > certain.
Of course. Sun knows that it's money customers aren't interested in Linux when they can have a well supported OS.
> > Basically, Sun is NO better than M$, it just happens to be smaller and > > thus seen as the underdog. > > When's the last time you saw Sun bully smaller companies into selling out? > Gimme a break.
SUN rocks. Solaris is the single best UNIX available right now. Everyone knows that. I think their goal is to allow the linux kernel hackers to check out their source. They know Linux is the biggest threat to MS. The more popular Linux/UNIX gets, the better off they are.
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