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Sun-Microsoft deal raises Open Office questions

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Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said that is looking for ways to work more closely with developers of the Open Office open source project, while at the same time, apparently reserving the right to sue them, according to a legal agreement between Microsoft and Open Office's major sponsor, Sun Microsystems Inc., made public this week.

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TxtEdMacs ·
c.f. "Sorry I did not get the cozy feeling all is well [regarding OOo and Sun]..."

This item and the previous interview with Schwatz makes it seem Sun is more conflicted than ever regarding Linux, Open Source [and their place in the world]!

I think I just might ignore Solaris 10 even if it is openned sourced in some manner or another. For now I just want to see their real intent, I am getting quite tired of all the Words.

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