Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Dec 2005 21:04 UTC
IBM is adopting OpenDocument Format for the first generally available release of its network-based collaboration and office productivity suite. IBM said Sunday its Workplace Managed Client 2.6, due in early 2006, would adopt ODF so users could easily share files and information. The Workplace Managed Client is currently available on a limited capacity, with more than one million deployed seats.
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Ask 'Motormouth' Schwartz and I bet he can answer why the OSS community doesn't think much of SUN.
He shot his mouth off right into his foot, now SUN has the reputation of being evil. Sucks for them, but that's how it works.
The CDDL didn't help either. SUN was being welcomed with open arms and IIRC, they were supposed to be the OSS darlings. But right before they embrace OSS, they settle with MS, set themselves up for a horrible fall in the process, and make their own CDDL/OSS community because the OSS community that already existed didn't specifically meet their greedy needs.
And you, SUN, and their fanboys wonder why?
There is one thing that IBM is doing right now, something SUN isn't, is donating to the GPL community. In your opinion, the donations maybe crap, but it's to the GPL community. I will give SUN kudos for what they've done in the past, but as it stands now, SUN seems really unfriendly to the GPL/OSS communtiy and how can you expect us not to take that personally?
It's just too much, that's all. I hope SUN succeeds in their quest, but I have a feeling MS is going to marginalize SUN no matter what. As for me, I have no plans to use Solaris or anything SUN. But they should expect they lost my business a long time ago.