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.
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.
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.