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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
