[Linux4christians] HARDWARE LOSSES DOOMED SUN BUT LINUX HURT TOO

[Chris Debenham]

As a small side point - the main things that Oracle keeps talking
about as to what they want from Sun are Java and Solaris.  The vast
majority of sizable Oracle installs are on Solaris still rather than
Linux.
Also Sun has remained profitable in 80% of quarters over the last few
years so it isn't really a 'money-loser' either - it just wasn't
growing fast enough for the analysts.
Linux doesn't look to be the downfall of Sun so much as jumping on the
x86 boat a bit late :-)
Rather than dissing Solaris perhaps we should all look at this new
ownership as an opportunity to increase the amount Solaris and Linux
work together

2009/5/7 Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com>:
> HARDWARE LOSSES DOOMED SUN BUT LINUX HURT TOO
> http://go.techtarget.com/r/6818429/1461419
> Pam Derringer, News Contributor
>
> Less than six years after Sun Microsystems' then-CEO Scott McNealy
> sneered at Linux as a "hobbyist," build-your-own-jalopy solution, it
> appears that the mighty Penguin is going to beat the formerly $14
> billion Santa Clara, Calif.-based colossus to the finish line. And
> the much-trashed prediction of Linux Foundation Executive Director
> Jim Zemlin last fall that  "the future is Linux and Microsoft, not
> Unix or Solaris," appears to be a race-winning bet.
>
> Now that money-losing Sun has gratefully agreed to be swallowed by
> Redwood Shores, Calif.-basedOracle Corp. for $7.4 billion this
> summer, it's fair to ask: Did Linux cause Sun's downfall?
>
> READ THE FULL STORY
> http://go.techtarget.com/r/6818430/1461419
>
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