____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 06 September 2007 14:46 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Sun looking to buy software companies
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>>| "I am not going to tell you which companies we are going after," he said at
>>| an analyst day in New York.
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>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6206166.html
>
> This is very very interesting - I predict some significant consolidation
> in the linux supply market. I wonder if they're after Red Hat?
> Mandriva might be a less expensive bet, though.
RPM based? Murdock?
>> Sun seeks 1-for-4 reverse stock split
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>>| Lehman and Schwartz said in Wednesday's briefing that although Sun's
>>| revenue is increasing only at low-to-mid-single digit rates, the company's
>>| profitability should increase faster as cost cuts and new products take
>>| hold.
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070905/ap_on_hi_te/sun_microsystems_stock
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>> Open Solaris is a Linux killer
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>>| According to ComputerWorld, Hamilton thinks there is an "enormous momentum"
>>| building behind Solaris. When momentum build behind you it usually means
>>| that you are about to be stabbed: ask Julius Caesar.
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42128
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>>
>> Related:
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>> OpenSolaris will challenge Linux says Sun
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>>| Sun is preparing to release OpenSolaris binaries early next year in a
>>| distribution code-named "Project Indiana" that will be similar to Linux
>>| distributions. The work, which is getting under way in the OpenSolaris
>>| community, is aimed at creating a single CD installation of the basic OS
>>| and desktop environment, giving developers the option to install additional
>>| software from network repositories.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/mobile-wireless/news-analysis/index.cfm?articleid=743
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>> "Save a Penguin, Unplug a Linux Server" May Win Most-Flamable E-Mail Award
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>>| I just got an e-mail from Sun which is probably the largest violation
>>| of L. Ron Hubbard's Survey tech that I've ever seen. It was an e-mail
>>| with the title of, "Save a Penguin - Unplug a Linux Server Today".
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http://jetteroheller.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/save-a-penguin-unplug-a-linux-server-may-win-most-flamable-e-mail-award/
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>> Morton: no merging of OpenSolaris with Linux
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>>| Don?t expect to see key features of OpenSolaris showing up in the Linux
>>| kernel, said a top Linux maintainer.
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>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1295
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>> Sun Microsystems to reduce work force
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>>| Sun has been aggressively cutting costs since Jonathan Schwartz took over
>>| as chief executive in April 2006 from co-founder Scott McNealy.
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070807/ap_on_hi_te/sun_microsystems_job_cuts
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>> Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn
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>>| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
>>| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html
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