Sun VP Responds to IBM, Linux Claims

As the open source faithful prepare to descend upon the LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco the first week in August, Sun Microsystems (Quote, Company Info) is fine-tuning its own Linux message, and alliances...

This man really seems to have a mastery of the issue. Sun has through their own long list of open source offerings and contributions (vs the monopolistic history of IBM) the unquestioned credibility to speak to this issue in any way they so wish, and they are correctly distingushing the difference between the illegal theft of intellectual property and the sometimes worthwhile contribution to society.

He goes on to speak about how the black-hatters are now leading us to the inevitable increase of required home-user authentication, simply due to the amount of extreme piracy/fraud that is currently taking place on the internet.

Will this make things better in the long run? Yes, in my opinion, just like how at some point in history we started requiring drivers licenses on the open roads. Internet outlaws may fancy yourselves as modern day versions of Butch Cassidy, but the Wyatt Earps are going to get them in the end.

As for respectful open source programmers, who certainly exist and can dialouge in a dignified manner, I look forward to discussing this with you. But No flame wars, please.

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