ZDNet: Was OpenSolaris a Mistake? | Linux Today

ZDNet: Was OpenSolaris a Mistake?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 10, 2005

“In my Monday blog a week ago I suggested that Sun’s management
could reasonably do an employee buyout by leaving Sun’s consulting
services in the company and taking everything else private. That
way the consultants could go and become an EDS or Accenture, the
shareholders would be better off, and the real network computing
company could stop trying to play both sides of the fence in its
relationships with its partners and customers…”

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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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