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On 11/08/2010 02:57 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Richard Pieri<richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> Two more monetizing changes to formerly Sun properties.... > When the Oracle's purchase of Sun first came out, I could see why > they would want some of the software, but I couldn't understand what > they were going to do with the hardware. (Or the low cost software.) > It was after I heard > an "ad" on NPR radio that I decided that Oracle wants to be the new > IBM. The place you can go to get all of your enterprise IT problems > solved. Software/Hardware/Integration. All in house. Just write a > LARGE check. If I'm right, we can expect less and less concern for > price sensitive customers and more and more integration of in-house > technologies. Interoperability will probably suffer as well. Just > my two cents... I don't disagree. Over the years many companies went head-to-head with IBM and lost. The reason that Windows grew like it did was that they initially were in a niche market that IBM was not all that interested in, even though they built the PC. Sun's growth and success was also in a much different market. Today the landscape is much different. IBM is still the big guy in town unless SCO puts the out of business :-). In any case, we in the Open Source community need to watch close. -- Jerry Feldman<gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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