I wonder if people are reading more into this than there is. Yes, the European part of Sun is taking a big hit. And why not? It is harder to do business over there with all the employment rules. The EU blocked the sale for a long time and cost Oracle a ton of money and lost opportunity. And with most of the business here in the US where it can be controlled, they should do much better. These markdowns are a common financial tool used to clean the books. If anything, they may look lots better in a year or two once things get off the books.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:09 AM, jitesh dundas <[email protected]> wrote: > I think they are going to use open-source foundations for their > work..Cutting them out will be a big mistake.. > > They might want to integrate java into their core suite of products, but > removing that will make things uncomfortable for many developers.. > > I am sure larry ellison knows about all the trouble.. > > BTW, dont forget the other products of SUN that Oracle may get..Might help > them compete better with Microsoft ..I mean its obvious larry is going after > microsoft with all this.. > > regards, > jd > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Blanford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> @Chris Adamson >> >> Remember, there exists the following: >> Perl Foundation >> Python Foundation >> Linux Foundation >> Apache Foundation >> >> >> All of which are supported by grass roots and corporate efforts (but >> are not controlled by a single corporation). >> >> Google and other companies would support this foundation due to their >> dependance on Java. >> >> Google, Microsoft and HP all currently support the Apache foundation. >> >> >> >> On Jun 8, 9:45 am, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Who's going to pay for it? Unlike the Mozilla Foundation, this Java >> > Foundation couldn't count on Google search referral money to fund its >> > operations. And IMHO, turning Java into a charity would kill it. >> > >> > --Chris >> > >> > On Jun 8, 9:35 am, Blanford <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > It is time for Java to go out on its own, it is time for a "Java >> > > Foundation" to manage the project! >> >> -- >> 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- 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.
