Monday July 14, 2008 links for 2008-07-14
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Interesting perspective sees this as an endorsement and continuation of the open source strategy - very different view from how the instant-thrill section of the media covered it.
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Dalibor breaks the news that OpenJDK6 (aka Java SE) is now heading squarely for Debian main. That decision to use the GPL is paying off. Absolutely awesome, fantastic work everyone (yes, including the IcedTea folks too).
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Apple loves their customers. As a generic concept, though; individuals shouldn't expect too much.
Posted by webmink
( Jul 14 2008, 01:31:31 AM PDT )
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Since open source also brings (supposedly) in hordes of outside programmers, are Sun's internal programmers next in line to be riffed?
Posted by Alex Godiva on July 14, 2008 at 02:59 AM PDT #
It's never good to see folk lose their jobs but I see how this fits into the strategy. I'm sure you guys have the research to quantify the marketing benefits of open source. I hope this pleases the investors enough to buck the current stock trend.
Posted by Che Kristo on July 14, 2008 at 04:57 AM PDT #
and further to the man who got tossed out of the apple store.
Anyone mad enough to wait a week to get into a retail store deserves to not only be thrown own but locked up as well ;)
Posted by Che Kristo on July 14, 2008 at 05:00 AM PDT #