These companies feel that others are not putting enough effort into research and innovation, and they are doing something about it.

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I would have expected a much more inclusive process. If they are relying on inviting companies to participate in the process, how much diversity of opinion are they likely to achieve?

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The question is whether Sun can train its sales force to sell these things. Sun periodically wants to get into and not get into software.

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I think this is a problem for Microsoft only if the company wants it to be a problem.

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With document applications, there are few choices, which could be a problem in the long term because there are no guarantees with proprietary software that older formats will be compatible with those developed in the future.

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My take is the Mozilla Foundation took a look at this and its reliance on the community and saw a willingness to create a commercial model, and they saw it as the most sustainable way to move forward. It's a way to kick-start adoption of their technologies.

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Open source today is expected to be 'good enough,' and, most of the time, open-source products meet that expectation or exceed it. When you're paying as much as you pay for Microsoft, by comparison, you expect a lot more than good enough.

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Buffer overflow is one of the most common flaws that produce security vulnerabilities in software. It's not a good thing, but it isn't unique either to closed- or open-source software.

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As more open-source companies emerge, ... I think we'll see this strategy more and more. It makes me wonder how serious some of the companies are about open source.

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