Another once-bright star falling...

[Julian Wolfe]

I think this was a long time coming.  They never did seem to rebound after
the dot com crash.

They've also been forced to narrow their software product scope somewhat as
nobody seems to want to pay for commercial software these days if there's a
free alternative.

I'm starting to wonder if OpenSolaris was a good financial move for them
though. 

I'm not worried.  I think Sun will be around many years from now.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Bickley
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:38 AM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: Another once-bright star falling...
> 
> On Wednesday 31 May 2006 22:04, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> > http://tinyurl.com/s2ta9
> >
> > Looks like they've got the guy with the chainsaw in charge 
> now.  Sell 
> > off whatever pieces you can, dump the rest.
> 
> Many on Wall Street and others here in the Valley have long 
> thought that Sun's "research" expenses were excessive 
> compared to their results (product-wise and financially). If 
> the trimming is done in the right places, it could be a 
> significant aid to Sun's bottom line and long-term future.
> 
> Lyle
> --
> Lyle Bickley
> Bickley Consulting West Inc.
> Mountain View, CA
> http://bickleywest.com
> 
> "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
>