<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/03/sun_gutted_ibm/";>Massive Sun cuts planned as IBM focuses on software trio</a> <blockquote>IBM staffers have, according to a Reg source close to the parties, been talking to Sun about its software portfolio and - unsurprisingly - they don't like what they've found: It's not making any money.
<p>IBM's now interested in three Sun software assets: the open-source MySQL database, Java, <b>and Sun's Solaris operating system</b>. <p>The rest, including all that open-source work Sun's spent years building and hyping, will succumb to that classic of big vendor lingering deaths by being, ahem, "released" to the "community". <p>A third of Sun's staff, meanwhile, will immediately be cut. This could come through layoffs or the sale of divisions where there is overlap with IBM's existing business. [...] <p>The cuts would be made because <b>the software is very much an afterthought to the deal.</b> IBM is only interested in Sun's hardware business as a way to stop Cisco Systems' recent break through into servers with the release of its California Unified Computing System. <p>This is of course assuming IBM's deal proceeds in the first place. The Reg understands that while Sun is committed to an agreement, IBM is uncertain [...] <p><b>Solaris would give IBM's Global Services business the opportunity to support and maintain existing customers.</b> </blockquote> Well, it's nice to hear a reason for why IBM wouldn't want to kill (Open)Solaris. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
