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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 11:54:10 -0200 (BRDT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
To: Rob Landley <telomerase@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Is there a Linux trademark issue with sun?
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On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Rob Landley wrote:

> Heads up everybody.  Scott McNealy has apparently been
> calling Solaris Sun's implementation of Linux. 
> Trademark violation time.
> 
> The article's here:
> 
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-12-14-020-04-NW-CY
> 
> Quick quote:
> 
> >When asked by a reporter why Sun's new clustering 
> >software was restricted to Solaris and not available 
> >on Linux, McNealy's aggravation seemed to peak. "You 
> >people just don't get it, do you? All Linux 
> >applications run on Solaris, which is our 
> >implementation of Linux. Now ask the question again,"

I wouldn't worry about this.  It's only a question of time
before people will start to ask him why Sun isn't shipping
the "original Linux" but has their own, strange, version ;)

cheers,

Rik
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