[csw-maintainers] Ouchies

[Joshua Buysse]

>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081114/sun_microsystems_layoffs.html
>>
>> I don't know how accurate this assessment is, but it doesn't sound
>> too good:
>>
>> "[...]Sun's latest woes have ramped up speculation that one of the  
>> most
>> storied names in computing could be snapped up dirt-cheap by a bigger
>> rival. Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., and Dell Inc. are all possible
>> suitors

Hmm.  Market cap == cash on hand.  Why not go private?  Sun should  
buy itself out and be done with it.  Then, focus on long-term  
stability instead of bloody quarterly earnings.

> well, it's not too surprising, when they are wasting time trying to  
> make
> [Solaris next] "Just like linux", instead of just taking
> "the good bits" from it, and combining it with what makes people like
> Sun/Solaris over linux.

--
Joshua Buysse, System Engineer
College of Liberal Arts, Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota

"A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before
crossing a one-way street."
   -- Doug Linder


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