Two things to bear in mind: These are Q2 figures (i.e. July to Sept 2008, unless I'm mistaken) so they apply to before the current slump really started to bite hard.
Java revenues of $67m as a fraction of total revenues of $1,370m comes to less than 5% (an unusually high percentage). As a revenue stream Java contributes little to Sun's books. On the other hand, as a stand- alone entity, if put on the market the Java division could fetch much, much more. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
