Sun tries to flex R&D muscle with homegrown package manager
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| What, after all, is the point of crafting something meant to compete with
| Linux if you're not going to make it easy to download and install.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/18/sun_opensolaris_ips/
If they imitate Linux, then Linux must have got it done the optimal way.
McNealy still bets on open source.
Scott McNealy far from retired
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| As we open-source these technologies, the older, tired or insecure technology
| companies are going to try to use the patent hammer against the open-source
| community. That might be a downside, but we've got $6 billion of cash and
| we're willing to take the hit.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2008-9595_22-6213900.html
Related:
Sun Updates Open Source Roadmap
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| "There's a broad perception that Sun is anti-Linux or competes with Linux,
| and that's not true," said Murdock, now chief operating systems platform
| strategist. "So to have someone with a broad Linux background come into Sun
| made sense."
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3705326
Sun offers potpourri of open-source plans
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| Sun offered informational updates Monday on several ongoing efforts in the
| open-source arena, including product plans for the OpenSolaris version of the
| Solaris OS, Java, and the GlassFish application server.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071016/tc_infoworld/92613
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