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To: Brian Malloy who wrote (33837)	11/11/1999 11:54:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

Unlike some other mainstream companies, Sun isn't easily cowed. Bill Joy, the company's chief scientist, says Sun ought to be able to let people have a look at the core technology in its operating system but still control what they do with it--and collect fees if others make commercial use of it. 'We believe that the stuff is worth something,' he says. 'Some people in Open Source don't believe in private property.' The same can be said about those saying Microsoft should be forced to open source Windows, or saying that any OS that runs on hardware "no one owns" should be Public Domain.