Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:07:03 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Evan Leibovitch on BSD Message-ID: <20010612140703.B25664@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <p0510031cb74c1713ae96@[192.168.168.205]>; from rdm@cfcl.com on Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:03:14PM -0700 References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010612123127.045a6690@localhost> <p0510031cb74c1713ae96@[192.168.168.205]>
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IBM, the company who lost control of one of the most successful hardware platforms of all time? aka the PC. IBM, the company who lost control of one of the most successful software platforms of all time? aka Windows. IBM, the company who shares a processor family with Apple? Will Linux enable IBM to make AIX 5L take the place of OS/2 as the industry's favorite punchline? What is the dollar value of being at the large end of a market defined by loss leaders? [RC] On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 12:03:14PM -0700, Rich Morin wrote: > At 12:34 PM -0600 6/12/01, Brett Glass wrote: > >The article at > > > >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2772296,00.html > > > >subtly suggests that there must be something wrong with BSD's philosophy > >or licensing because GPLed software (in particular, Linux, KDE, etc.) is > >the focus of more and more prominent startups. (Needless to say, as someone > >who has a strong vested interest in Linux, he's not exactly unbiased.) It's > >probably worth setting him straight in in the TalkBack. > > Actually, I think he raises an interesting point. IBM surely knows about > BSD; why, then, are they spending $2B or so on Linux. Part of the issue > could be that Linux has mindshare, but I'm not sure that's the whole of > it. I wonder, in particular, whether IBM is concerned that going with the > university-style license might allow M$ to "embrace and extend" their work. > > -r > -- > email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - home page, resume, etc. > http://www.cfcl.com/Meta/md_fb.html - The FreeBSD Browser > http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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