Living through the Wild West of FOSS History

“Could things be more exciting in the the world of FOSS right
now? Yes it could, but let’s not be too hasty..

“Oracle buys Sun and proceeds to use its patent portfolio to sue
Google for infringement. Openoffice.org is going to have to split
off or separate itself from Oracle somehow or change its licensing
to remain free. Pall Allen unloads a patent Gatling Gun on every
big name is the Tech industry. Is it going to be Red Hat or VMware
that will take over the ailing Novell? Mandriva has broken into
pieces. I’ll keep going if you let me..

“It seems that the SCO trial has finally come to and end but in
even in the settling of the dust the lawyers can’t stop filing
motions. The Oracle-Sun deal looks to be the next long term big
story in FOSS I believe. The possible implications for FOSS with
Oracle now owning one of the most extensive technology patent
portfolios outside of IBM mean that there are more exciting times
ahead, if that is what you want to call it.”

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