Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:08:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: StarOffice giveaway of source code Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909010708030.15742-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011100520.8660-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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> > > > Where sun are involved, I wouldn't get your hopes up until you actually > > > > see source or something. And I wouldn't exactly call them quick, > > > > either. > > > > > > This is wise counsel. > > > > Also, don't discount the possibility that Sun may be talking about this in > > order to achieve some leverage with the likes of (say) Microsoft. For > > example, "If we don't get [xxx] from you, we'll do something to hurt your > > cash cow, MS Office".. Maybe I'm just being too cynical though, but I'll > > believe it when I see it. > > From a marketing standpoint, wouldn't it make for some seriously bad press > for Sun to state "open source" and then turn around and not do it? *raised > eyebrow* Wouldn't cause them a second's pause. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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