links for 2006-12-01 [on Simon Phipps, SunMink]

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Friday December 01, 2006

links for 2006-12-01

Dang ol'Internet says: yay for Free Java

Excellent, clear statement about why the GPL works best for maintaining a level playing field with patents, especially the phrase >>patent-troll-speak for "curses, foiled again". << (thanks, Mark)

(tags: GPL Java Sun Patents)
Moving to NetBeans

Bruno moves to Sun - welcome to the team, Bruno!

(tags: Sun Java NetBeans Brazil)
Is 'GNU/Solaris' emerging from Microsoft-Novell deal?

My lips are sealed. And actually, I think the OpenSolaris community gets a vote too...

(tags: Sun GPL GNU Solaris OpenSolaris Linux GPLv3 SimonPhipps clippings)
Sun Startup Essentials

I knew we'd started this but I'd not looked at the details - it's very sweet indeed (as long as you are a startup and based in the US). Very cheap gear, free software.

(tags: Sun Startup Offer Hardware Software Web2.0)
Q&A: Novell CEO gives behind-the-scenes account of deal with Microsoft

These answers would have been fine in his last job at IBM, but they do not reflect an understanding of either his new customers (Free software deployers) or more importantly his new community (Free software developers).

(tags: Novell Hovsepian Microsoft Linux GPL patents)

Posted by webmink ( Dec 01 2006, 04:21:44 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [2]

Comments:

Simon. Why don't you write a real heading so we can get some use out of the RSS feeds instead of "links for 2006-12-01".

Posted by tom on December 04, 2006 at 01:55 PM PST #

Because the entry is auto-generated by del.icio.us?

Posted by Simon Phipps on December 04, 2006 at 03:33 PM PST #