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Open Source (yeah, right)
unfortunately, there are a lot of companies that proclaim "that open source is the future and advocate it" except when it comes from the software they create and are in control of.

remember that this is all about on thing -- money (ok, two things: the money leads to control). Sun, IBM, Novell, Microsoft, etc. want to get you trapped into their particular software so that their income stream continues year after year.

this guy needs to write to IBM and ask them to put DB2, WebSphere and all there other software into open source (which he'll get a similar reply as he did from Sun). And he will get a similar reply from Novell.
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hardly used  guido_z | 02/13/04
yes, you are correct  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
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More like 20  rapson | 02/14/04
Nice troll  HellScream | 02/16/04
Not Microsoft toys  archerjoe | 02/17/04
CIO of what?  mike@... | 02/17/04
Scott, we love you, we love Sun, but release the code!!!!  DonnieBoy | 02/13/04
Are you a total fool?  Mike Cox | 02/13/04
lol  mikeybrass | 02/13/04
don't feel bad!  guido_z | 02/13/04
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What?  zd-spam | 02/14/04
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not difficult  guido_z | 02/13/04
Very difficult...  vferrara | 02/13/04
differences  guido_z | 02/14/04
Wrong direction  rapson | 02/14/04
think so?  guido_z | 02/14/04
Agree and disagree  rapson | 02/14/04
we saw what would happen with ms java  JWatson77 | 02/13/04
Yes, they would improve it. LOL  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/04
Oh puh-lease  CobraA1 | 02/17/04
Why?  rapson | 02/14/04
I think you misunderstood...  Plain Logic | 02/15/04
I don't think I did  rapson | 02/15/04
Sun too tightly bound up to release the Holy Grail  FilledOut | 02/13/04
Thanks Sun, and watch out!  Tim Patterson | 02/14/04
Dual License  zd-spam | 02/14/04
As if Open Source was not already BUG riddled software  Jose.Pinchero | 02/15/04
proprietary stuff no better  CobraA1 | 02/17/04
MSN payroll  prrawlins | 02/17/04
'Open Sores' or I mean Open Scorge  Jose.Pinchero | 02/15/04
No fun of Sun but they're right  Ardian Daka | 02/16/04
Miss-spelling: FUN should read FAN (NT)  Ardian Daka | 02/16/04
The Java code is FULL of bugs!!!  idnew2005@... | 02/16/04
Name one  CobraA1 | 02/17/04
No full of bugs, just full of Sun  FilledOut | 02/17/04
Open Source (yeah, right)  carhouse@... | 02/16/04

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