From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 15:38:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EDF106566B for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:38:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jayton.garnett@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A6C8FC14 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:38:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jayton.garnett@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w9so12012mue.3 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:38:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=084Oo35JXomBvDu0xArm5mfmFvja/yLZVqDMDD6Vszc=; b=NKjoKe4YLVDYoVyzRDpb4fxhxTrh1gVE3SHJ+nHbeOWg6EY1zpoa7BpZ10MMktAKw6 97o+mBsauQWBZAkub+0j5yZvMYyRGYp8t8doB7l/veabgSeZukx0S6xK0vluIl4BaO9P RvneuSSgXEk0wTHR/6sM72Fy9PG16J68PRPaU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=P774YlUo0T4cOtpEaIrlY27rXW5GXAdJ3OlN4fKIuWP7RZjq2kdnwtsa88z6b7GyHm aM5D0dBGRqYD12oQV1VfoBRVHY70U4YY/tAEC/MNRXU/s5dYJzvk7ecOFSkmqg0mH9Mz gYVbuY8bV5IYrwpfjcCu7c07lbet2Nkq0d8rg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.227.13 with SMTP id e13mr4621007mur.20.1240414691461; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:38:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <868wlssoq6.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <200904210847.n3L8lpxL082986@lurza.secnetix.de> <20090422014929.GA70994@dereel.lemis.com> <868wlssoq6.fsf@ds4.des.no> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:38:11 +0100 Message-ID: From: Jayton Garnett To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=F8rgrav?= , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:38:13 -0000 > > > Where do you get that idea from? Sun hasn't ceased funding--quite the > > contrary. > It's only just been announced that Oracle intend on purchasing the Sun shares, they would not make any announcements like that just yet, that will most likely come in 6 - 12 months time. Drugs dealers do it because they know it's going to work it's a tired and tested *business model* if you like, however as a business giving away a product that is free and has rivalled your own for years is an entirely different matter. We may all squabble about it now and give our opinions, but we won't know for sure until Oracle make their move. -- Jay