Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Solaris source (fwd) | From | Miguel de Icaza <> | Date | 30 Apr 1997 18:02:59 -0500 |
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> Then what possible other aim could they possibly have, especially > since they mention Linux specifically as one of the incentives behind > their "free Solaris source" marketing announcement? > > I don't know, if they have other real incentives behind this act, so > be it. But people are certainly going to view it as being a "Sun > vs. Linux" thing no matter what the truth actually is.
I would like to think that some people at Sun read Larry McVoy's paper. This plus the fact that Larry's predictions on the success of a free operating system were all becoming true may have opened their eyes.
I like Larry's comment: "Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT".
Cheers, Miguel.
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