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To: JC Jaros who wrote (34359)	8/12/2000 4:49:45 PM
From: Dennis	Respond to of 64865

FWIW.....IBD reported that 84 "funds" were buying SUNW as of the latest reporting period....shows very strong institutional buying. :o)

To: JC Jaros who wrote (34359)	8/12/2000 6:48:34 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Run that by me again. As far as I can see, Caldera can now GPL whatever they want. They become the sole owner of what used to be AT&T Unix. They have no one to point any fingers at. The buck stops there. If they want to GPL the whole kit and kaboodle, they can (I think). However I saw no indication they intend to do so. But it's sort of moot anyway. This will point up the oil-and-water nature of proprietary Unix and Open Source software companies. You can't do some sort of fence-sitting half-assed model. Either you is, or you ain't. You can't really "sell" a product that's partly open source and partly not, and if you don't add proprietary content that you charge for, then what have you got? Mr. Ransom Love will discover that what he's got is a void, a cipher, a nullity, etc., augmented by a bunch of angry former customers who are whirling like dervishes in search of an anything-but-Caldera alternative. Plus a bunch of dweebie open-source ayatollahs crying foul and issuing fatwahs. It's a big lose. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks.<g>. --QS