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...if I understand correctly, Sun is no longer much of a "blind supporter" of open source. Sure, you can download Solaris and several other baseline products of theirs for free, but you can't get the source code for any of them as far as I've found.

In fact, open source may well be a major reason that they've been hurting. Unless you're running a high-speed and/or high-availability system for a medium-large enterprise, why would you pay top dollar for a SPARC server when you can get a "good enough" Intel server running any host of Linux or BSD distros, without the limited functionality you have in the "free" Solaris?

If Sun can find a way to cut their costs and reduce prices on the SPARC line (hopefully without eliminating it), while possibly expanding their Intel line, I think they still have a chance to bounce back.
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Is SUN management running the company or Wall Street  zzz1234567890 | 05/31/06
hmm  hopefulcoder | 05/31/06
Oh please.  HypnoToad | 05/31/06
actually...  doctormoriarty | 05/31/06
Actually Sun is not a Open Source friend  OhMyGosh | 05/31/06
Jonathan Schwartz is pretty smart, he will do what is best for SUN.  DonnieBoy | 05/31/06
telling yourself lies aint the answer  zzz1234567890 | 05/31/06
I think it was pretty obvious to all that jobs needed to be cut.  DonnieBoy | 05/31/06
Donnie, why the defense of layoffs?  Anton Philidor | 06/01/06
Sun and chip development?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/01/06
How do you know if Jonathan Schwartz...  John Zern | 06/02/06
And adding just as many in India:  HypnoToad | 05/31/06
Sun needs to compete in India, this is about educating Indians on SUN  DonnieBoy | 05/31/06
Education - Easy  TonyMcS | 06/01/06
140 applications for a helpdesk job is a labor shortage?  johnsmith222 | 05/31/06
Not just the current Admin...  techboy_z | 06/01/06
I blame Java.  savatar | 05/31/06
You've been blinded...  techboy_z | 06/01/06
If Solaris were still linked to Sun hardware...  Anton Philidor | 06/01/06
Hmmm...  techboy_z | 06/01/06
I blame Sun for Java (NT)  TonyMcS | 06/01/06
Sun, what else would I expect  Boot_Agnostic | 06/01/06
The entire tech sector remains soft  WiredGuy | 06/01/06
Soooo wrong.  techboy_z | 06/01/06
lol  ka0sinc | 06/01/06
Here you go...  techboy_z | 06/01/06
lol par deux  ka0sinc | 06/01/06
Sigh...  techboy_z | 06/02/06
Chuckle  ka0sinc | 06/02/06
Now, this is just my opinion  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
I just gotta...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/01/06
Yes, that's the Sun business plan.  Anton Philidor | 06/01/06
Where Sun really missed...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/01/06
More directly...  Anton Philidor | 06/01/06
Let me walk you through it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/06
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You make a good point...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/02/06
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They can always send work off shore.  B.O.F.H. | 06/03/06
true, and American customers can say no thanks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/04/06
esra sdrawkcab  mist42nz | 06/08/06

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