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:Sun Bullied, Used Threats to Gain Control of Open Source Project, Former Owner Says
Sun Bullied, Used Threats to Gain Control of Open Source Project, Former Owner Says
Dec 1, 2007, 21 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (7086 reads)

(Other stories by John Fontana)

"Sun used strong-arm tactics and made threats to the owners of an open-source directory project to wrestle away control, according to one of the former owners and creators of the project.

"In the process, Sun potentially has torn a gaping hole in the OpenDS (directory service) project, which is creating a free Java-based directory service for large deployments that offers high performance, extensibility and management..."

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Reg developer has a response from Sun on ...   Sun's Phipps Responds.   
noyfb
Dec 2, 2007, 00:32:31
 
Sun has a problem, so it seems ?. ...   Good reason to avoid Java   
GH
Dec 2, 2007, 00:39:55
 
 Reg developer has a response from Sun o ...   Re: Sun's Phipps Responds.   
GreyGeek
Dec 2, 2007, 02:26:08
 
[...].> Regardless of who said what or w ...   Re: Re: Sun's Phipps Responds.   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 2, 2007, 11:20:12
 
>...you see a need to demonstrate> your  ...   Re: Re: Re: Sun's Phipps Responds.   
Tony OBryan
Dec 2, 2007, 15:33:37
 
> >...you see a need to demonstrate> > y ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Sun's Phipps Responds.   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 2, 2007, 15:42:14
 
Having read the Phipps response leaves m ...   Re: "Not all is what it seems"   
CD Baric
Dec 2, 2007, 17:15:19
 
> Is there a particular reason why ' ...   Re: Re: Re: Sun's Phipps Responds.   
Jeff Cobb
Dec 2, 2007, 17:59:18
 
 Is there a particular reason why 'y ...   Re: Re: Re: Sun's Phipps Responds.   
GreyGeek
Dec 2, 2007, 18:11:49
 
I wonder if our German friend is confusi ...   Misunderstanding   
Rikki Holland
Dec 3, 2007, 15:28:34
 
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