[kictanet] The end of Open Source as we Know it?

[Dorcas Muthoni]

Thanks Evans!

I second you

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua at lpakenya.org> wrote:

> Not that there would be a "Kenyan Position" but my personal opinion is that
> Open Source is larger than MySQL and Sun. Maybe you could have predicted the
> end of MySQL, which is still not probable, but not Open Source in general.
> Nobody can buy the worldwide open source community.
>
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> Quoting Al Kags <alkags at alkags.com>:
>
>  http://alkags.com/?p=493 <https://photos.sun.com/thumbnail/400/400/5163>
>>
>>
>> It occurs to me (after a spell of burying my head in some sand) that
>> Oracle
>> has bought Sun Microsystems (who in turn had bought MySQL)It occurs to me
>> (after a spell of burying my head in some sand) that Oracle has bought Sun
>> Microsystems (who in turn had bought MySQL). I have several issues in my
>> head that are struggling to find words: 1) that Jonathan Schwatz, my
>> favorite CEO blogger, is moving on (this is just that sentimentalclinging
>> -
>> "don't go!") but more importantly 2) this buy-out may signify the end of
>> Open Source as we know it.
>>
>> What is Kenya's position on the matter? I imagine that this has been
>> discussed in the technology policy circles?
>>
>>
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