Red Hat Accuses Sun of Microsoft Tactics

Last year, Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik thought Sun Microsystems’ open source-based alternative to Microsoft’s widely used Office software would encourage broader use of the Linux operating system on desktops and perhaps loosen the iron grip of Windows. But Szulik abandoned those hopes when Sun started charging for its StarOffice product and changed its way of dealing with the original equipment manufacturers, such as Red Hat, which can bundle it with their own offerings. Szulik accused Sun of adopting the domineering methods of mutual enemy Microsoft.Now, Red Hat is looking on using OpenOffice, the free, open source counterpart of Star Office, while other sources say that Red Hat might look into including into their future Linux distributions the Hancom Office instead.


In the meantime, LinuxLaboratory has published an editorial, called “Redhat Needs to Stop Whining About Sun“, where the author says that Red Hat is no better than Sun, in many ways.

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