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:eWeek: Sun, Open Source and Star Trek
eWeek: Sun, Open Source and Star Trek
Feb 5, 2005, 00 :15 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (5820 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"One of classic Star Trek's best episodes was 'Mirror, Mirror' For those of you who have somehow managed not to see it, in this episode Kirk, McCoy, Uhuru and Scotty are caught by an ion storm in mid-beam-up and end up in an alternate universe Enterprise, crewed by evil versions of their comrades.

"I don't know about you, but when I look at Sun and its recent 'open-source' moves, I start seeing an open-source 'Mirror, Mirror...'"

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Related Stories:
NewsForge: Sun's No-Op Announcement(Feb 01, 2005)
ZDNet: Will Sun's 1600 Patents Suck the Life Out of Linux?(Jan 29, 2005)
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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The arguments surrounding the CDDL highl ...   Too many open source licenses   
Philip Stephens
Feb 5, 2005, 01:09:00
 
It's fine to cut people slack, but d ...   Sun understands perfectly well   
Charles Hixson
Feb 5, 2005, 02:41:35
 
I agree! As much happy face/sad face clo ...   Re: Too many open source licenses   
JD. Brown
Feb 5, 2005, 03:00:06
 
Caldera was often accused of being "too  ...   Sun--the new Caldera   
Matthew C. Tedder
Feb 5, 2005, 03:15:01
 
> The arguments surrounding the CDDL hig ...   Re: Too many open source licenses   
TimDion
Feb 5, 2005, 07:23:06
 
This 'fenced off' Open Source id ...   Sun really sucks   
Anonymous
Feb 5, 2005, 11:54:12
 
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