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:Sun: We Screwed Up on Open Source
Sun: We Screwed Up on Open Source
Jun 24, 2008, 15 :45 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (6225 reads)

(Other stories by Chris Duckett)

"Many open source developers remain sceptical of Sun because their memories of the company focus on Sun's interactions with the community in 2001/2002, which Sun's chief open source officer Simon Phipps concedes was a period where Sun 'screwed up.'

"Speaking in a recent interview with Builder AU, Phipps explained the situation in which Sun finds itself.

"'Open source developers have been much more sceptical of Sun, a lot of open source developers don't remember the fact that Sun was pretty much the first open source start-up in 1982...'"

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I'm one of the skeptics, and I still ...   Sounds abojut right   
Charles Hixson
Jun 24, 2008, 21:39:02
 
	What makes anyone think Sun now "gets"  ...   Sun continue screwing up Open-Source   
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Jun 26, 2008, 08:46:29
 
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