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One has to wonder...
What will become of Sun's open source interests? Especially StarOffice, which of course is based off of OpenOffice.

Fortunately Openoffice.org is indeed GPL, so if they lose their #1 benefactor in Sun, another benefactor like maybe IBM can take its place. I guess the question will be whether IBM will even WANT to support OOo, considering OOo itself competes with IBM proprietary products.
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One has to wonder...  Michael Kelly | 04/05/04
Achilles Heel?  amicus_curious | 04/05/04
But MS/Sun are relying on one thing...  Michael Kelly | 04/05/04
You have to understand marketing  amicus_curious | 04/05/04
You miss your own point.  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
I think you did  StorageGuru | 04/05/04
MS needs to grow just like everyone else  oldskool | 04/05/04
You forgot to mention  j.m.galvin | 04/05/04
if it is part of the os  V Sanders | 04/05/04
Some of your statements run counter to industry trends  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
Novell?  amicus_curious | 04/05/04
To discount Novell as a player...  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
Longshot  nikoli | 04/05/04
SUSE is at 9.0 (almost 9.1) and Netware is at 6.5  Michael Kelly | 04/05/04
Michael Kelly... Got A Clue ???  nikoli | 04/05/04
Please....  NemesisNL | 04/05/04
In denial, obviously  amicus_curious | 04/05/04
You are free think that's the case.  NemesisNL | 04/05/04
Missing the important factors..  Tim Patterson | 04/05/04
Missing the important factors...  seosamh_z | 04/05/04
Really missing the point.  Tim Patterson | 04/05/04
And BSD is  j.m.galvin | 04/05/04
Children! Please...  Cyrien | 04/05/04
Bad news for OOo  nucrash | 04/05/04
Why should it change?  rapson | 04/05/04
Kind of a force fit  amicus_curious | 04/05/04
IBM carries a big penguin  OhMyGosh | 04/05/04
That Won't Be Enough  P. Douglas | 04/05/04
There's no stopping OSS  NemesisNL | 04/05/04
Phantom movement  OhMyGosh | 04/05/04
Phantom movement  seosamh_z | 04/05/04
Applications  OhMyGosh | 04/05/04
Backlash?  Cyrien | 04/05/04
You Don't get it  r0ckflite | 04/05/04
You Don't get it  seosamh_z | 04/05/04
GPL doesnt apply  azurensis | 04/05/04
What world do you live in?  voska | 04/06/04
Something new under the Sun  StorageGuru | 04/05/04
Yeah right  NemesisNL | 04/05/04
When will that be?  StorageGuru | 04/05/04
Now  NemesisNL | 04/06/04
Business in a generic future  issthatso | 04/05/04
computers are becoming a commodity  Cyrien | 04/05/04
Sun Had to Choose "Between Shame and War"  David Mohring | 04/05/04
interesting article but very pessimistic, possibly a win/win!  oldskool | 04/05/04
Match made in hell  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
Divorce  WhoIsDaMan | 04/05/04
(NT) Youuuu Are Correct Sir!!!(NT)  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
Linux is irrelevant here...  Mike Cox | 04/05/04
I love you man...  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
8.4  nucrash | 04/05/04
Ahh the war is won...Mike Cox  Cyrien | 04/05/04
You apparently missed the obvious sarcasm in his post.(NT)  Mack DaNife | 04/05/04
The turning point in the war against Linux ...  P. Douglas | 04/05/04
The overall superiority of any one OS is irrelevant  cnx | 04/05/04
This must be humor, right?  paleobones@... | 04/05/04
on the contrary my dear watson  DevilsAdvocado | 04/06/04
I love it  Eggs Ackley_z | 04/05/04
Was "Sun Microsoft" a prophecy...  Cyrien | 04/05/04
Sun had $6Billion on its balance sheet before this deal  oldskool | 04/05/04
Gates And Donations  nikoli | 04/05/04
I noticed "playing around with software" ...  Anton Philidor | 04/05/04
Sarcasm?  nikoli | 04/05/04
Yes.  Anton Philidor | 04/05/04
when you make 40 billion  V Sanders | 04/09/04
Misguided donations....  techboy_z | 04/05/04
Gee, everything I've read said condoms work.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/05/04
Better get wise, Bill  vandamme | 04/08/04
Whatever Dbag  nikoli | 04/06/04
Gates Donations are not for AIDS alone  rajivskumar | 04/05/04
You're absolutely right..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/05/04
Well...  NemesisNL | 04/06/04
Always Something To Whine About  nikoli | 04/06/04
Well part II  NemesisNL | 04/06/04
SCO failure forces Sun, Microsoft deal...  Tim Patterson | 04/05/04
In a post Unix world  Anton Philidor | 04/05/04
Hear hear  quietLee | 04/06/04
An article that stops before making a point.  Anton Philidor | 04/05/04
Confirmation from Mr. Ballmer?  Anton Philidor | 04/05/04
..and one OS to rule them all.. Linux!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/05/04
Yet another useless Linux rant...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/05/04
But yet it IS The Return of The King  jimk_z | 04/06/04
MS & Sun Immature - Maybe ZDNet too?  gaspatcho | 04/05/04
The more things change....  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/05/04
sun and microsoft single product companies like xerox  hipparchus2000 | 04/05/04
Hydra  DevilsAdvocado | 04/06/04
Why is everyone missing the obvious???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/05/04
Valid point Bit...  Tim Patterson | 04/05/04
The US patent/copyright system is being exported to the world  Anton Philidor | 04/05/04
Amazing revelation!  IT_User | 04/05/04
I think you are on the mark here bit  oldskool | 04/05/04
Dumping Solaris R&D would focus them  oldskool | 04/05/04
re  jimk_z | 04/06/04
Yeah I wondered about that as well  DevilsAdvocado | 04/06/04
Microsoft sleeping with snakes  voska | 04/06/04
Not so Hare Brained...  wonderbored | 04/05/04
Motives not that simple.  systemcleaner | 04/05/04
Linux and OS irrelevant to the deal  quietLee | 04/06/04
Reality Check  Yen_z | 04/06/04
HARDWARE FOR THE FOLK?  jpm007 | 04/21/04
Harebrained ?  Update victim | 04/07/04
IT WAS FULL-ON BUNNY HOP!  jpm007 | 04/21/04
Could patents be used ....  billybob2003 | 04/08/04
IBM - where the Sun don't shine  V Sanders | 04/09/04
LET'S SEE ANTITRUST DIVISION ATTACK THIS!  jpm007 | 04/21/04

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