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LinuxWorld: We Must Get Beyond “Binary Extremes,” Say’s Sun’s COO

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2004

“He’s been doing it again. Blogging, that is. And, as usual,
Sun’s president and COO zeroes in on the main issue that makes the
software industry the endlessly fascinating place it is, anno 2004,
namely the choice between proprietary and open source
solutions.

“It’s not an either/or choice, Schwartz contends, and refers to
a surprising moment that happened at Sun’s JavaOne developer
conference earlier this year…”

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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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