[advocacy-discuss] A review of OpenSolaris 2008.05 on The Register

[Qingye Jiang (John)]

I actually think that both articles are fair enough to reflect what 
folks in the Linux world think about us. Gavin seemed to think that Sun 
is taking advantages of the GNU packages that is being used by Linux 
(which results in an unfair competition), and he forgot about the fact 
that what we call Linux today is the Linux kernel plus the same GNU 
packages, and there is nothing wrong in both cases because the related 
licenses allow both practices. Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to 
speak with Richard Stallman, and he is very happy about the fact that 
more and more GNU packages are being integrated into OpenSolaris -- 
although he still claimed that OpenSolaris 2008.05 was not free software 
because their is something free as lunch in there.

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Jim Grisanzio 写道:
> Laurent Blume wrote:
>   
>> I find it well-balanced, it stays clear away of the political and 
>> religious issues, and gives a nice summary of the technical points:
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/open_solaris_review/
>>
>> Hopefully we'll see more mainstream commenters like this one.
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>>     
>
> I like the article (headline notwithstanding). We are being taken more 
> seriously in some of these reviews. I think the technology is starting 
> to lead again, and that's grabbing the headlines. Remember when we 
> launched? The technology clearly led back then and the press coverage 
> reflected that. It's clear we are getting back to our strongest position.
>
>   
>> Another one, with a different approach, since it reports Ian Murdock's 
>> comments:
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/13/ian_murdock_open_solaris/
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>>     
> This is a typical Gavin article. Inaccuracies aside, I see his attitude 
> hasn't changed.
>
> Jim
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