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| Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Thanks Bruce. SCO's Unix licensing plan got a major boost of publicity in May when Microsoft announced its decision to license Unix from SCO, but Sun actually was the first company to sign on. SCO and Sun confirmed the licensing deal on Wednesday. The pact, signed earlier this year, expanded the rights Sun acquired in 1994 to use Unix in its Solaris operating system. But there's more to the relationship: SCO also granted Sun a warrant to buy as many as 210,000 shares of SCO stock at $1.83 per share as part of the licensing deal, according to a regulatory document filed Tuesday. Sun, the No. 1 seller of Unix servers, declined to comment on the option to take a stake in SCO Group. Fortune on Monday published news of the expanded Sun contract. | ||
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| #1 By 1896 (208.61.158.195) at 7/11/2003 7:00:48 AM |
| Right, Microsoft just covered its back paying earlier, paying probably less and most important without dealing directly with Sun. Mo it will be interesting to see how IBM will hnadle this situation. |
| #2 By 1896 (208.61.158.195) at 7/11/2003 9:16:47 AM |
| Isn't the apostrophe supposed to be only after the "They"? Don't get me wrong, I don't want to polemize, I am simply not English native speaking thus my interest in these grammar rules. Besides this "contract form" isn' t supposed to be used only in a conversation and not when writing? The structure of the English grammar is simple but sometimes is confusing. |
| #3 By 12071 (203.217.23.34) at 7/11/2003 10:57:36 AM |
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#1 What don't you ask slashdot what "they" claim (given that you claim there's only one voice of slashdot) rather than wondering about it in here?
Here you go, read what the slahdot crowd are saying for yourself: http://slashdot.org/articles/03/07/11/1257203.shtml?tid=106&tid=130&tid=185&tid=190 |
| #4 By 61 (24.92.223.112) at 7/11/2003 11:24:10 AM |
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They're = They are
Technically, this is not formal writing, where you wouldn't make the use of contractions. This is discussion. |
| #5 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/11/2003 11:25:31 AM |
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kabuki - and as it turns out the slashdot crowd is now proclaiming this is a plot by Sun to attack Linux.
At least they're consistent. |
| #6 By 20 (67.9.179.51) at 7/11/2003 3:59:26 PM |
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All for-profit companies will ultimately become dumb and/or evil.
Marx couldn't have said it better. Fight the bourgeoisie capitalist imperial pig-dogs, use Linux! |
| #7 By 20 (67.9.179.51) at 7/13/2003 2:44:24 AM |
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#13: Of course I read the whole thing and I understand his point.
I was addressing just that one statement which I happen to think is pretty ignorant. Were there no morality and justice, his point might be worth something, but we do still have morals and justice in this country (despite the best efforts of a certain group of people whom I shall not name) and as long as there is public outcry at corporate injustice, and we have a free press who is able to report such injustices to the public, then things will be just fine. What I'm more concerned with is the growing trend towards state-ownership or control in just about everything. Not to mention the decreasing amount of objectivity in journalism today. It's either sensationalistic and ignores important events or points, or it's just a lap dog for a certain party or a certain corporation, etc. A good example is CNN -- whose Editor (president? CEO? one of those things) said that they purposesly did not report the truth in Iraq because they wanted to maintain their Iraqi bureau. The NYTimes incident is somewhat related in that the NYTimes was so pressured to release sensationalistic super-seller stories, that they were willing to believe just about anything their "journalists" wrote (that, and they put 'diversity' above 'integrity' and 'common sense') |
| #8 By 20 (67.9.179.51) at 7/13/2003 2:55:04 AM |
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Also, speaking of that /. post about Linux companies, does he or anyone else believe that Linux will just be distro'd by Sun and IBM?
From what I understand, Linux is and always will be free now matter how much IBM and SUN try to own it. There will always be distros floating around as long as there are 30yo geeks living in Mom's basement with too much time on their hands. Sure, Sun's We'll-Get-MSFT-This-Time Linux 3.5 and IBM's We-Have-No-Clue Linux 99.42.323.212890.492389 will be the most popular, but enthusiasts will never have any of that. -d |
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