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Contradiction of the Sun--Microsoft Agreement
Sun Microsystems in it's latest SEC 10Q filings...
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709519/000119312504155723/0001193125-04-155723-index.htm
... Includes a copy of the April 1st ( I kid you not! ) technical agreement made with Microsoft ...
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709519/000119312504155723/dex10108.htm

The Non-disclosure terms for any protocols that can interoperate with Microsoft's Client would seem to restrict a lot of functionality from being released under an open source license by Sun.

What gives?
Posted by: David Mohring   Posted on: 09/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I KNEW it was going to happen!!!! Go MS and Sun!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
Now I must wonder if that is why...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
WinFS  tjung_z | 09/14/04
Maybe the smartest thing to do to compete with Linux.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
MS filesystems on Solaris?  balsover | 09/13/04
NTFS???? What are you talking about?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
Having read the technical description of WinFS from Microsoft...  B.O.F.H. | 09/13/04
Thank you for making my point so clear.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
Still sits on NTFS!  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
Stupid Sun again?  tjung_z | 09/14/04
Those in the know call WinFS vaporware  balsover | 09/15/04
Dump Solaris?  Roger Ramjet | 09/14/04
No not crazy  balsover | 09/15/04
There is room for Solaris!  George Mitchell | 09/13/04
Can I borrow your glasses for a while  Richard Flude | 09/14/04
Sun has an identity crisis  balsover | 09/13/04
Um no...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
Whats wrong with running Longhorn on Sun servers?  George Mitchell | 09/13/04
Personally I'd pick Solaris over Linux anyday  voska | 09/14/04
The chips (SPArc and Intel) are not binary compatible.  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
Until the Sun/MS agreement I would have said yes.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/14/04
Not suer about the demand for WIndows on SPArc.  B.O.F.H. | 09/14/04
They don't need to be  balsover | 09/15/04
Sun Hardware is less expensive than DELL  voska | 09/14/04
Slowaris  tjung_z | 09/14/04
Contradiction of the Sun--Microsoft Agreement  David Mohring | 09/14/04
Liability, licenses  armonica | 09/16/04

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