Re: Sun: "always a little ahead, through our use of open interfaces"

Quoting chefren (chefren@pi.net):
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20030210S0007
>
> "Sun has always had a little different strategy, always a
> little ahead, through our use of open interfaces and Unix."
>
> Above the text there is a link "DISCUSS THIS ARTICLE".
>
> Maybe interesting to point at the "open interface" of the
> SparcIII.

Open has many many definitions.
- Once you could be Open by using VME rather than a proprietary   (and patented) DEC backplane.
- Once you could be open by embracing standards based protocols   (TCP vs. IPX/SPX)

The list is long.
Define open as "we publish all our source code and let anyone do anything they want with it" as a version of Open defined and used by the BSDs (free/net/open).

Language is flexible and marketing people at Sun know it. Received on Tue Feb 11 23:21:30 2003