> They just want to control as much as possible of any technology they use, > and above all else exclude competitors from having control of it. Then > they will try to find ways to have unique advantages over their > competitors.
...and this approach to business would stand in contrast to whom??? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Brady > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Juglist] Sun to open Java source for real? > > > At 10:41 AM 6/4/2004, Merritt, Eric wrote: > > > I wouldn't mind seening j2ee die a deserved death ;) However, I > > still > > don't quite see what IBM would get out of this. I suppose > that they could > > try to create a proprietary standard and get everyone to > migrate too it, > > but thats unlikely to work. > > They just want to control as much as possible of any > technology they use, > and above all else exclude competitors from having control of > it. Then > they will try to find ways to have unique advantages over their > competitors. They just play that game in a particularly > muscular way, as > does Microsoft. > > Let me ask you this, why do you think IBM wants Java > open-sourced? I > think the way to answer that is to look at where IBM's > strategic long-term > interests lie. > > > If that was the case why havn't they done it with linux? > or for that > > matter any of the many other open source projects that they > have thier hand in. > > I think they have things like that in mind for Linux too > eventually. Combine with AIX etc. Sun is thinking of > combining Linux with > Solaris too (or open sourcing Solaris). > > We are at only the beginning of many many gambits. > > I also think that things could go horribly horribly wrong for > them if some > of their open-source partnerships fell apart. For example, > IBM has based > its whole development tool product line on Eclipse, and now > Eclipse is > becoming independent. Doesn't that amount to a huge risk? > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_tri> jug.org > _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
