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raw_anon_1111today at 1:21 PM1 replyview on HN

It wasn’t forward facing from a morality standpoint. It was a business strategy. Every tech company open sources (or tries to standardize) things where their competitor is stronger.

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/


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bryanlarsentoday at 3:09 PM

Doesn't that article contradict your statement? It gives a bunch of examples of companies supporting open source for sound business reasons, and then claims that Sun is doing stuff with unsound business motivations.

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