On Nov 15, 2:01 pm, Patrick Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Java, broken out in terms of revenue, has brought in around $220 million per > year for the last couple of years (no details before that). Not > knowing the costs involved, and just guessing, it seems like a pretty > tidy sum of money, which should more than cover the costs involved. I > think it must also be pretty clear to Sun that ignoring or "letting > Java die" in some way would be killing one of the golden geese at the > company, if nothing else in terms of branding. I can't imagine it, > anyhow.
It's a general assumption that Sun doesn't make money from Java, other companies do (like IBM or Oracle), and the numbers support this. Sun has an operating system, a database, Java, and middleware and made $124mln the last quarter from all its software group. IBM has operating systems, a database, system management software, and middleware and makes 5.2 bln last quarter (42 times as much, http://www.ibm.com/investor/3q08/presentation/3q08.pdf, slide 8) with a gross margin of 84.7% (that's pretty nearly a Microsoft Windows or Office margin). Nothing in the IT industry is as profitable as selling "shrink-wrapped software", a business that Sun got out by giving its software away. Karsten --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
