Re: [cobalt-users] Sun Solaris??? Bad Business Decision

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lyle,

It seems to me your reasoning could work in the opposite direction also however.... SUN
could have bought Cobalt because they did not >want< to have to inovate or create two
different products, and so they bought Cobalt out so that they could swallow it in and
quietly scuttle it...?

The reason people are getting so bent is because the CEO of the company clearly stated,
not just in an "ify" way that their intention >is< to kill the Linux implimentation of
Cobalt appliances off in favor of their unix flavor...

my .02, best regards,

~ T

Lyle Scheer wrote:

> Heh,
>
>         I find it somewhat amusing how far off the deep end some of you are going
> because of a comment from a Sun executive who is deeply invested in the
> Solaris operating system.
>
>         Have you considered that Sun purchased Cobalt because Cobalt could do
> something that Sun could not?
>
>         I'd personally like to think that we are the Linux DNA that will infect Sun
> and cause them to grow into the ability to support two operating systems.  I
> hardly think Linux can replace Solaris at Sun, but I do think that this
> might be good to shake up the thinking of some of Sun's executives,
> including those that work directly on Solaris.
>
>         A good article I saw today can be found here:
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/10/02/001002oppetreley.xml
>
> - Lyle
>
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