Sun outlines its open source strategy and MySQL integration
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| How long has Sun been involved with open source software and why? What's its
| vision?
| Barton George: Open source is inevitable, and we are choosing to lead. Open
| source is a part of Sun's heritage and the idea of sharing. Right from its
| work on the NFS [Network File System] file server, Sun has made open
| standards a part of its strategy going back to the GNOME project. Now open
| source has moved from a side effort to become Sun's main software strategy,
| the way we develop and distribute our software. And one way is to contribute
| to existing projects.
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http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/interview/0,289202,sid39_gci1307014,00.html
They try to 'steal' it and so does Microsoft.
Related:
Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn
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| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html
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