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Would someone please hit Mr. Gosling on the head with a cluestick?

These businesses are more hype than reality. If they don’t have a [longer term] economic model…they are going to have a really hard time.

(Source: Computerworld)

You’re bound to expect such trite remarks from the likes of Gates and Ballmer, not from a bearded, t-shirt wearing (and hurling) geek.

Maybe we should his ask ponytailed COO what’s the economic model behind the opensourcing of Solaris 10.

Or why another of the executives at his company has “Open Source Diva” written as a qualification on her business card.

To be honest, there’s always the possibility that Computerworld simply took some quotes out of context and stuffed words in his mouth. You know, journalists are not above those tactics, at times.

(via Bruce)

Update: I am pretty sure that Sun does have an economic model for Solaris 10 and I hope the very best for them, seriously.

What I am at odds with is statements like These businesses [MySQL, JBoss, and Red Hat] are more hype than reality.

And I have to admit I was put off by the title of the article. I had to look up to chide in a dictionary (To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand: chided the boy for his sloppiness.) since English is not my mother tongue just to be sure. But, of course, the title is not James’ fault.