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Submission + - Former Sun CEO Comments on Ellison (theregister.co.uk)

Submitted by wbates on Friday November 05, 2010 @02:10AM

wbates writes: "Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No," McNealy asserted. "That's part of capitalism. As soon as we go public we are for sale. Do I have a problem with him exercising legal IP rights? No. Would it be how I run and operate? No. But I was a good capitalist, he's a great capitalist."

McNealy cautioned open sourcers against expecting Oracle will suddenly participate on the terms they want in open-source projects formerly run largely by Sun largely, including OpenSolaris and OpenOffice. "I just know he's not a huge fan of sharing," McNealy grinned.

Comment Re:So many funny games! (Score 1) 202

by wbates on Saturday July 11, 2009 @08:42AM (#28659207) Attached to: Why Video Games Are Having a Harder Time With Humor

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all outta gum."

Comment Re:Apple's Store, my iPhone (Score 1) 296

by wbates on Monday May 11, 2009 @05:49PM (#27913831) Attached to: Apple Refusing Any BitTorrent Related Apps?

If I own it, why do I have to do anything special to it to run any app I choose? That is my point. To have restrictions that I have to break to get around seems to be allowing Apple to have a say about a device that I own.

Comment Apple's Store, my iPhone (Score 2, Insightful) 296

by wbates on Monday May 11, 2009 @04:48PM (#27912851) Attached to: Apple Refusing Any BitTorrent Related Apps?

"Of course, many are quick to remind that it is Apple's store and they are free to do whatever they want with it."

By the same token isn't it my iPhone that I am free to do what I want with it? Sure that means I can jailbreak it, but why should I be forced to just to use an app that Apple doesn't want to sell on their store?

Submission + - Google Launches "My Location" in Mobile Ma (google.com)

Submitted by wbates on Wednesday November 28, 2007 @06:07PM

wbates writes: Google today announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile, its innovative and widely used mobile mapping and local search application. New in v2.0 is a beta version of Google's "My Location" technology, which uses cell tower ID information to provide users with their approximate location, helping them determine where they are, what's around them, and how to get there.

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