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:ZDNet UK: Sun Has Betrayed Us All
ZDNet UK: Sun Has Betrayed Us All
Oct 9, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (8940 reads)

"If you're a software developer, your world is about to become a colder place--thanks to Sun. If you use software, get ready to pay much more for much less--thanks to Sun. If you had hopes that free and open source software would provide competition for proprietary systems, forget them--thanks to Sun.

"We owe this huge debt of thanks to that company because it has caved in to Kodak. Instead of fighting the patent claims that Kodak raised over Java, Sun has settled out of court..."

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Why should I care about this company and ...   SUN who ?!?   
Mark Veltzer
Oct 9, 2004, 03:29:32
 
Kodaks patents have not been validated i ...   validated in court   
GH
Oct 9, 2004, 03:33:56
 
Or maybe the author is just being unscru ...   Stupid Journalist   
Daniel Carrera
Oct 9, 2004, 04:30:35
 
sun's equation is quite simple:sun = ...   sun's equation   
a
Oct 9, 2004, 04:36:21
 
Political parasitism, IP scams and Euro  ...   go West (or South)   
ba
Oct 9, 2004, 07:17:16
 
If the putative reach of Kodak's pat ...   Life and Death disadvantage?   
GreyGeek
Oct 9, 2004, 20:59:58
 
Keiretsu. ... (系列) is a Japanese ter ...   Patent Keiretsu   
Gary Edwards
Oct 10, 2004, 22:04:47
 
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