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sprout on Aug 14, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenSolaris is dead

Because they prefer spending money on sales, marketing, and lawsuits than maintaining / improving their products, even their most profitable ones.

houseabsolute on Aug 14, 2010 [–]

Surely if that is true, which I seriously doubt, this is partially on the buyer for not choosing products based on which is the best, and therefore not giving Oracle any incentive to spend on improving their products.

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