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As they say, be carefull what you ask for.
Sun doesn't seem to have figured that out yet...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 12/19/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Give it a break...  jimk_z | 12/19/03
Why MS is the bad guy...  prime21 | 12/19/03
Whys should they?  ShadeTree | 12/19/03
Ummm sure...  prime21 | 12/19/03
In a sense Sun did force their hand.  ShadeTree | 12/19/03
all they had to do  ryusen | 12/19/03
All they have to do is!!!  ShadeTree | 12/19/03
re: shade  ryusen | 12/19/03
re: ZZ  BullBuster | 12/19/03
re: BullBuster  ryusen | 12/19/03
Factually wrong; Sun caused this.  Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
Where do you Imagine this stuff?  Don Bradley | 12/22/03
Sun should be happy!  Delaware Boy | 12/19/03
As they say, be carefull what you ask for.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
Sun didn't ask for this...  prime21 | 12/19/03
Why would they?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
feed that baby  Rembrandt Pussyhorse | 12/19/03
Ooo, a rant and an insult in same post.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
Is this a last dittch effort to save face?  nucrash | 12/19/03
MS Extensions  richhayes | 12/23/03
it's not their competitor's product.  ryusen | 12/19/03
It's not? Sun must be surprised.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
why would they be surprised?  ryusen | 12/19/03
I see you're still grinding that "Ax"  Rick_K | 12/19/03
Why MS is the bad guy...  prime21 | 12/19/03
That may all be true, but...  Michael Kelly | 12/19/03
this is not true  stephen732@... | 12/19/03
They do not...  Michael Kelly | 12/19/03
Yes, Microsoft is meeting Sun's demands  Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
Insightful  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
The case is in court.  Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
Microsoft lost the last two cases.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
because now that msjava is gone  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
I hate M$...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/19/03
yep...  ryusen | 12/19/03
On security, Microsoft said they'd support.  Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
The loophole  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
Why would you say that?  Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
Their track record.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
forgive my lack of faith, but  ryusen | 12/22/03
just try and find the downoad for it  JWatson77 | 12/20/03
Interesting Whine  Domb2 | 12/19/03
Same forcing as other commercial proprietary companies  FilledOut | 12/19/03
So very true...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
Folklore say vampires can't see reflections anyway  FilledOut | 12/19/03
you raise them to that plateau?  ryusen | 12/19/03
committing to a contract  tic swayback | 12/19/03
Not true tic...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
abandon the vm, yes...  ryusen | 12/19/03
Really?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
re: bit  ryusen | 12/19/03
yeah, but we all know monopolies have different rules  JWatson77 | 12/20/03
MS shills follow cult leader, gates, go beserk  NoB$ | 12/19/03
Like versus Hate  ShadeTree | 12/19/03
made with quality in the USA  stephen732@... | 12/19/03
Made where?  BullBuster | 12/19/03
Toyota-Lexis and Honda-Integra make better cars than Ford or GM just like  MacGeek2121 | 12/22/03
Patriots love freedom, terrorists want to destroy freedom  Rick_K | 12/19/03
not  JWatson77 | 12/20/03
Like Versuse Hate  mrlinux | 12/22/03
Better to upgrade than be stagnet  usapride | 12/19/03
Better to upgrade...good for the economy  MCL_z | 12/19/03
your right usapride  nite_w0lf | 12/19/03
I Switched My School to Lindows  cygnet@... | 12/19/03
Horse hockey! Name the school!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
Don't...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 12/19/03
Learn to post...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
take  ryusen | 12/19/03
What would you know about it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
i know that you do this:  ryusen | 12/19/03
Are you....  Rick_K | 12/19/03
Why?  nucrash | 12/19/03
No one asked you to do anything did they?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
it is the school of...  stephen732@... | 12/19/03
I know of school that did this too  voska | 12/22/03
I know school that switched  voska | 12/22/03
Why??  NemesisNL | 12/20/03
Bull Carp!! Name your "business"  No_Ax_Has_No_Clue | 12/20/03
I have heard of OpenOffice in schools  JWatson77 | 12/20/03
What did the principal do when he found out?  Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
What COULD the principal do?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
Governments  Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
Did you make up the rules?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/20/03
No, I've lived them.  Anton Philidor | 12/20/03
So what you're saying is...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/21/03
You two forgot a major point  balsover | 12/22/03
Michael Anthony might know  IT_User | 12/21/03
Keeps the IT sector moving  usapride | 12/19/03
Let's be clear with our terms  IT_User | 12/21/03
To Whom The Bell Tolls  GODRULZ | 12/22/03
Don't understand all these whinners  JJ_z | 12/19/03
Outstanding post!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
except you missed the point  ryusen | 12/19/03
Odd  JJ_z | 12/19/03
you're miss understanding me  ryusen | 12/19/03
What about other software ?  JJ_z | 12/22/03
it should apply to everythign that's this key  ryusen | 12/22/03
Because...  JJ_z | 12/22/03
re: because  ryusen | 12/23/03
No, you missed his point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/19/03
huh?  stephen732@... | 12/19/03
do the conditions say...  ryusen | 12/19/03
when somebody  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
No, but it was integrated in a number of their products  balsover | 12/21/03
Sun just wants Microsoft gone  FilledOut | 12/21/03
And good riddance to an old nuisance  GODRULZ | 12/22/03
An opinion of course  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Where's the whinn?  IT_User | 12/21/03
It is not really that difficult folks  Netizen Kane | 12/19/03
of course it makes business sense  ryusen | 12/19/03
That would be useful information.  Anton Philidor | 12/19/03
hmmm  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
Clarification  Netizen Kane | 12/22/03
Absolutely Correct  JimSatterfieldW | 12/22/03
Sun is a 2-faced hypocrit  al.belcher@... | 12/19/03
and what was ms?  JWatson77 | 12/20/03
microsoft has support?  lotta_anger | 12/20/03
I like the idea  JWatson77 | 12/20/03
You can't have it both ways....?!?!  rock06r | 12/20/03
sorry  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
Adapt or become extinct  desiboy | 12/20/03
Sun has a new product line  rock06r | 12/20/03
if some guy 10X your size  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
No, they think...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/21/03
good to see you have  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
we had all kinds of fun with Win2k sp4  JWatson77 | 12/21/03
For most consumers, the only needed Sun  FilledOut | 12/21/03
OH YEA?!?  edb@... | 12/22/03
Daily lockups on XP? I have never seen that  balsover | 12/22/03
No XP lockup probs for me  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Like DOS,NT4, and 95 were any different  Suicida| | 12/22/03
Where does this upgrade control stop?  Quaint_Data | 12/22/03
windows 98 is still the simplest  Quaint_Data | 12/22/03
Huh ? Have you ever really changed more than 1 components on an XP box ?  JJ_z | 12/23/03
There are also several companies who sell AMD/Intel comps  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Java Fix  richhayes | 12/23/03
I use .net Framework!  GraysonPeddie | 12/23/03
and when  JWatson77 | 12/23/03
$un, guess you can't phase out Solaris 2.5 and 2.51  FilledOut | 12/23/03
Instead of buying Windows XP again...  GraysonPeddie | 12/23/03
Oops. I should have replied to a message...  GraysonPeddie | 12/24/03
yur right on about not buying any os,not just xp  driv101 | 08/27/04

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