[geeks] "$9,000 is the new free"

[Jonathan Groll]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 07:30:42AM +0100, Mark Benson wrote:
>On 21 Apr 2010, at 02:27, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-20002921-16.html
>>
>> "As noted by The H, Oracle still touts its Open Document Format (ODF)
>> plug-in for Microsoft Office as a free download. But clicking through
>> reveals that Oracle has changed its license terms for the formerly free
>> plug-in, which enables Office users to read, edit, and save to ODF. The
>> price is now $90 per user, with a minimum of 100 users."
>
>It's only a matter of time before StarOffice and OOo become the same thing and
>cost $200 a seat and OpenSolaris 'disappears'.
>
>I worry for the Future of MySQL, I really do worry.
>
>
And at what point do enterprise customers get charged for future
versions of java? Fortunately it is open sourced, but multiple forks
won't be a healthy situation. It is telling that both Murdock and
Gosling have left the employ of Oracle.

Cheers,
Jonathan.