Re: [News] Richard Stallman Protects MySQL from Oracle

[Alan Mackenzie]

In gnu.misc.discuss Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> wrote:

> I am really annoyed, that RMS uses any occasion to spread his dogmatism,
> in this case on the expense on several thousands of Sun employees, who
> are waiting to see an perspective for their future again. I'm not a Sun
> employee myself, but have many friends there, who are depressed by
> uncertainty. In between RMS is one of the prominent speakers at an event
> in China, that is mostly sponsored by companies who never contributed
> anything to free software.

> reply.

It's not RMS who's holding up Oracle's and Sun's takeover.  It's the EU
competition regulators.  What RMS has written to these regulators will have,
at most, a tiny effect on their decision.  Your annoyance is probably
genuine, but I suspect it's more to do with RMS in general than this
particular letter of his.  My sympathy goes out to all Sun employees, and
I hope things work out for them.

> regards,
> alexander.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).