That's what I wondered, the story talks about how much more costly it is what they've budgeted, but as I understand it, Euro zone employment laws are pretty insane (18 months salary as severance in France).
Of course, I'm not an expert, but I just wondered if that was an influencer on the intended costs. On Jun 9, 12:48 am, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > >> .com> > >> . > >> 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > Robert Castowww.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.
