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If Sun were to go with GPL v3 for Solaris that OS would take off. Although Solaris is far behind Linux in hardware support but that would change quickly. If they are smart, Sun knows this. I predict GPL'd Solaris before the end of the year.
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Either way...  Tim Patterson | 06/12/07
Yes, that would be a very smart strategic move for Sun. I assume they will  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Linus rips Sun, Schwartz fires back  Tim Patterson | 06/13/07
I think Linus will calm down and cooler heads will prevail. But, it is  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Awesome...  J2002 | 06/12/07
Yes, Solaris will benifit a lot. They need to adopt the Linux driver model,  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
I agree!  otaddy | 06/13/07
I wonder if Solaris has or will adopt DBUS. That is how all plug and play  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Oh  Boot_Agnostic | 06/13/07
No small task, maybe even impossible  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/07
Linux will go GPL3 as soon as there is enough consensus. Solaris under GPL3  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
I think you over simplify it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/07
You'd be surprised how fast it would happen if Linus and his lieutenants  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
That I agree with  Michael Kelly | 06/13/07
Also keep in mind...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/07
No, you just re-write the part they wrote. But, if they are dead, you  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Another thing, you can use the existing code as a model to write the new  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Kernel code is constantly changing ...  George Mitchell | 06/13/07
Re: No small task, maybe even impossible  none none | 07/06/07
Richard Stallman is a lot smarter than anybody realizes. He made the right  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/13/07
Stallman wrote the most popular Free Software license ever, and it looks  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Do you have . . .  JLHenry | 06/13/07
No matter how many times I say it, fruitcakes like you and NoAxe, seem to  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Linus and Johnathan have figured out that fighting between Solaris and  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
Got you ******* all in a bunch over this LoverBoy??? I guess you hate to  DonnieBoy | 06/13/07
Nope  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
Not being a developer  mhenriday | 06/13/07
Really?  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
don't feed the troll  fireman949 | 06/13/07
I know  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
You could have kept your mouth shut and let people think you are an idiot..  fireman949 | 06/13/07
Name calling  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
He's a Club member  Ole Man | 06/13/07
There is an alternative  Ed Burnette ZDNet Moderator | 01/23/08

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