Re: [flalug] Schwartz criticizes GPL

From: smitty (a.smitty@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Apr 07 2005 - 17:45:18 EDT


On Thursday 07 April 2005 17:33, Bill Canaday wrote:
> smitty wrote:
> > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5656047.html
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz on Tuesday
> > proclaimed ardent support for the open-source software realm but
> > criticized the General Public License, a widely used foundation of the
> > programming movement.
>
> So what? If he doesn't like the GPL, his code doesn't have to touch it
> at all.

Exactly. And Schwartz's comments beg the question, "Why does he spend his
time knocking the competition, when he should be promoting his company's
products?" He is clearly running a negative campaign that may help his
competition a great deal more than his own company.



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