Paul! Wrong Wrong Wrong! Bad Paul Bad!
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| Author | Content |
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| devnet Mar 22, 2005 6:50 AM EDT |
Pink is the new SCO! Good Lord, everyone knows that! Sun was sooooo 2004! :P |
| PaulFerris Mar 22, 2005 7:14 AM EDT |
devvy: you're just mad because I didn't lead with the headline: "Sun: Doomed to failure!" :-) |
| tadelste Mar 22, 2005 7:26 AM EDT |
He has a point, Paul. Doomed to failure has some drama to it. |
| peragrin Mar 22, 2005 8:46 AM EDT |
Wouldn't Sun is going Supernova, to take out it's competition. make more sense? Of course afer the supernova's stars die. Just don't be to close when they go off. |
| PaulFerris Mar 22, 2005 9:01 AM EDT |
Tom: it's worse than that though -- no one has just spotted (except for me just now) that the title was supposed to be "Rant Mode Equals One: What if Sun is the next SCO?" Crap. |
| dinotrac Mar 22, 2005 10:06 AM EDT |
Oh, Paulie! you have really have taken a long leap into a short space with this one. Sun = SCO? It'll take a lot more than alphabetic similarities and Microsoft money to pull that off. The main thing to remember: Scott McNealy may be many things, but he is also the utlimate egomaniac. That will keep him from paying too much fealty to Redmond, even as he does whatever he thinks is needed to save his company. Let's not forget -- at it's best, SCO was a nice little company with a nice little business. Sun was a genuine giant and McNealy a respected (if not always liked) Titan of the Industry. Rather than SCO, I would say Sun is the next Apple -- though we have yet to see if McNealy can hold a candle to Steve Jobs WRT to majical transformations. |
| devnet Mar 22, 2005 10:51 AM EDT |
I would say Sun = Delusion. It's the closest thing I can get to a comparison. i.e., Man, I took so many drugs I was Sunlusional! |
| peragrin Mar 22, 2005 11:12 AM EDT |
Devnet, And Steve Jobs isn't delusional? Remember it was jobs that had the reality distortion field invented. Of course he also has the only working version. Every other CEO seems to be using a cheap MSFT based knock off. McNealy's isn't quite working sometimes criss-crossing realities. Hence why Sun seems wishy washy in it's stances. |
| devnet Mar 22, 2005 2:41 PM EDT |
I can picture Jobs as Uncle Rico and Nealy as Napoleon Dynamite...both purchasing a time machine on the web ;) |
| PaulFerris Mar 22, 2005 4:48 PM EDT |
dino: Sun the next Apple? I guess it's certainly possible -- they're both likely on a tight leash now. Or it could be worse -- I'm obviously in serious speculation mode here. One thing for certain, the elephants are dancing... |
| dinotrac Mar 22, 2005 5:00 PM EDT |
And if they're dancing, I'm staying off the floor... |
| Libervis Mar 22, 2005 5:33 PM EDT |
One thing is certain: Being careful wont hurt! I mean, if Solaris code really get's into Gnu/Linux, it may really become a problem some day... Not that i think any problem, supernova, giant elephants and Sun falling on to Earth can really stop the explosion of Free Software and GNU/Linux adoption. All else, including software patents, are feeble attempts to crush it. Why? For one, because i wont ever let it, no matter if i have to break the law by using and supporting Free Software! And there are thousands and million others like me. So, i say, either adapt to the linux world or eventually die of. No schemes, nothing can stop us. *proudly and confidently shouting* :) Thank you Daniel |
| dinotrac Mar 22, 2005 7:02 PM EDT |
devnet : So, if I understand you correctly, all will be solved if only Sun will turn away from Mr. Bill and vote for Pedro? |
| devnet Mar 23, 2005 7:02 AM EDT |
Dino, That and they should make their official mascot a Tigon! |
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