I thought I'd look at Jonathan Schwartz's blog for the first time in a
looooong time.

Some stuff on there about the thinking behind Microsoft's toolbar,
also the business model behind the software side of things, including
this question:

Wait, you make money off Java?

Yes, it's among the most profitable technology products at Sun - and
improving. Java's one of the most popularly distributed pieces of
Software on the internet, we distribute over a million Java runtimes a
day to users across every OS and geography on PC's. That helps us
reach a very broad community of users and, more importantly,
developers. We have some exciting news coming up around these
distribution volumes - and their value to us, and others.

http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/

On Nov 15, 9:18 am, Josh Juneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Let's keep our fingers crossed for our friends at Sun and hope for the  
> best.
>
> Josh Juneau
> DBA-Application Developer
>
> On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:42 PM, "Mark Derricutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Resigned even :)
>
> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Mark Derricutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> > wrote:
> > Rich Green has retired???? 6000 jobs cut :(
>
> >http://www.indicthreads.com/news/1272/sun_layoffs_rich_green_leaves_g...
>
> > If I wasn't already sitting down I think I'd have to.  Maybe I  
> > should go and learn C# now...
>
> > zomg.
>
> > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Joe Data <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
> > wrote:
>
> > On Nov 14, 2:40 pm, sherod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 1 in 5. That sucks. I wish them all the best.
>
> > It's actually 15-18% (5,000 - 6,000).  And the Sun release has more
> > details on the software group restructuring:
> >http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-11/sunflash.20081114.1.xml
>
> > --
> > "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized  
> > code." -- Bill Harlan
>
> > --
> > "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized  
> > code." -- Bill Harlan
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