On 10 juin 2010, at 08:26, Steven Herod wrote: > 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).
I think you're contributing to a myth here... -Alexis > 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. > -- 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.
