Consulting Times: The Real Sun versus Red Hat Story | Linux Today

Consulting Times: The Real Sun versus Red Hat Story

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2004

[ Thanks to Bill
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“In a recent Op-Ed article, George Colony, CEO, Forrester
Research, pulled what I consider the equivalent of a CBS Memogate
gaffe by telling us how Sun has an eight step plan to destroy Linux
in conjunction with Microsoft. Having relationships with both
companies in more than one capacity, Colony’s article resonated
with disinformation. My direct experience shows this to be untrue,
and it moved me to write a rebuttal. I read George’s editorial in
the comment section of ZDNet U.K.–not what I think most people
would consider a serious section of the ZDNet universe…”

Complete
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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