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Re: [News] Richard Stallman Protects MySQL from Oracle
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: [News] Richard Stallman Protects MySQL from Oracle |
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:10:37 +0000 (UTC) |
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In gnu.misc.discuss Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> [...]
>> particular letter of his. My sympathy goes out to all Sun employees, and
>> I hope things work out for them.
> Well,
> http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-business/sun-microsystems-to-slash-3000-jobs-20091021-h7e7.html
> (Sun Microsystems Slashing Up to 3,000 Jobs)
> "They are the latest in a series of job cuts at the server and software
> maker, whose prolonged financial troubles led to the $7.4 billion deal
> with Oracle in April.
That doesn't make me happy. We could have long discussions about the merits
and demerits of capitalism. This isn't really the right forum for that.
> Oracle's purchase of Sun is being held up by European antitrust
> authorities, who are concerned about possible harm to the database
> software market."
Yes. They're doing their job.
> Ha, regarding "software market"...
[ .... ]
> It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the software
> users in general, as a ?market.?"
> <???>
> Care to share your views on that, Alan?
No.
> regards,
> alexander.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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