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andyn
16-03-11, 14:16
Not really linux or exactly open source, but this is probably the most appropriate category still.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/16/oracle_closes_sun_domain/

It was pretty clear already that Oracle are out to eradicate all traces of sun, seems they are going to stop using the domain too - one of the 100 old domain names on the internet.

Doubt they actually de register the domain of course, it'll probably stay as a permanent redirect to oracle.com.

Oracle sucks :< RIP sun
Lorem-Ipsum
16-03-11, 15:01
I've stopped using openoffice now and moved to libreoffice. Apparently apart from rebadging it, oracle have barely touched openoffice, whereas libreoffice is being re-written.
benzeman
16-03-11, 16:01
They are replacing oo with libre in Ubuntu and stuff :)
Faisal
17-03-11, 08:23
Who's going to buy it when they do? Or are they just going to keep it reserved?
scottmac
17-03-11, 08:49
Who's going to buy it when they do? Or are they just going to keep it reserved?

Will be a VERY valuable domain name. I bet they just keep it cos they can
andyn
17-03-11, 08:50
Who's going to buy it when they do? Or are they just going to keep it reserved?

They will just keep it reserved. Costs them around $20 a year or whatever :P.

Even if they are not going to use it, they won't want anyone else to.
Faisal
17-03-11, 10:04
True, so will it be redirecting or doing nothing? If its redirecting then its not as bad as I thought
andyn
17-03-11, 10:08
True, so will it be redirecting or doing nothing? If its redirecting then its not as bad as I thought

I guess they'd be dumb not to redirect it to oracle.com. Although given how happy they seem to be to eradicate any trace of sun's existence, I wouldn't be surprised if it just sent visitors to a page that simply said 'lol'.
benzeman
17-03-11, 16:14
I wanna buy sun.com :)