Re: commentary by Linus Torvalds
The article at http://kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=398 shows much of this thread, including why Linus thinks Sun is doomed. Kurt On Sunday, December 2, 2001, at 02:39 PM, Jon Stevens wrote: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2361245693dhl=enselm=linux.kernel. Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301643170.1224-10%40penguin.transmeta.com I wonder why he says Sun is doomed. -jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:general- [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:general- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: commentary by Linus Torvalds
Jon Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2361245693dhl=enselm=linux.kernel. Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301643170.1224-10%40penguin.transmeta.com I wonder why he says Sun is doomed. I always wonder how people can say any of these companies are doomed. They have billions in the bank. It would take years and years and years of stupidity to drain this money down to 0. SUN, Microsoft, Oracle. They are not going anywhere. They will just change their strategy. ... then again you should never underestimate the power of stupidity :) -- Kevin A. Burton ( [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Location - San Francisco, CA, Cell - 415.595.9965 Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED], Web - http://relativity.yi.org/ Stuff to read: http://www.toad.com/gnu/whatswrong.html What's Wrong with Copy Protection, by John Gilmore -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: commentary by Linus Torvalds
On 12/2/01 10:40 PM, Neville Burnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone remember Lotus Developments and WordPerfect Corporation ... they had billions in the bank too And before last month, Enron seemed to be doing ok :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 3 December 2001 11:46 AM To: Jakarta General List Subject: Re: commentary by Linus Torvalds Jon Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:thl2361245693dhl=enselm=linux.ker nel. Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301643170.1224-10%40penguin.transmeta.com I wonder why he says Sun is doomed. I always wonder how people can say any of these companies are doomed. They have billions in the bank. It would take years and years and years of stupidity to drain this money down to 0. SUN, Microsoft, Oracle. They are not going anywhere. They will just change their strategy. ... then again you should never underestimate the power of stupidity :) -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting Be a giant. Take giant steps. Do giant things... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]