Re: GPL'ing Solaris won't save SUN

[McBofh]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when groenvel@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) 
> would write:
> > In article <m3d61fr187.fsf@magma.savecore.net>,
> > Frank Cusack  <fcusack@fcusack.com> wrote:
> > > It's already happening (lxrun, and now Janus).  How is more compatibility
> > > bad?
> > Win-OS/2 became an excuse for ISVs to not provide native OS/2 ports.
> > If its Sun's intention to capitalize on Solaris x86/Opteron to
> > expand the entire Solaris ecosystem, then Janus should be seen by
> > Sun as a good hack in the short term; a bad hack with prolonged use.

> Sun's in the market to sell hardware, not OSes.
> Their proper goal is to seek to get people to buy their hardware.  If
> it gives enough "warm fuzzies" to people to have the Sun name on the
> front and Linux on the login, this is not a "bad hack."

Actually, Sun is in the market to sell _systems_ not just hardware
and not just software.


mcbofh