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
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
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
Related:
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
"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/
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
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
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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