Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/sun_schwartz_signoff/
I always knew (after 2006 at least) that JS is a God-damn *TRAITOR*.
¨Upon change in control, every employee needs to emotionally resign
from Sun. Go home, light a candle, and let go of the expectations and
assumptions that defined Sun as a workplace. Honor and remember them,
but let them go.¨
I don't think there's anything wrong with that at all. He's right. Those
people from Sun who are moving on to Oracle ... they are getting new bosses,
and a new corporate culture, and moving in a new direction. This is not
comfortable, but it's better than getting terminated if the company
collapsed.
Oracle didn't buy Sun to gain their idealism or culture. They wanted to
acquire talent and technology. Those employees who are transitioning ...
must accept the fact that it is a transition. Things will not remain the
same. They must embrace change, and welcome their new ... Robotic
overlords. ;-) Seriously though, except the overlords part.
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From my standpoint as a current Sun employee, my biggest problem with
Sun has been it's lack of focus. We've spent way to much time, effort,
and money doing a variety of neat things, all which /might/ be really
sweet. However, as a consequence, all of them tend to be late-to-market
or perpetually starved for resources to accomplish their stated goals.
I hold Sun's Sr. management responsible for this lack of focus, in that
they've flailed around, and been unable to make the hard decisions as to
WHICH "cool" tech is worth the 100% effort (and, stick to those
assessments for more than 6 months), and then cut (or, preferably
reassign) those resources from non-priority projects. This problem has
been exacerbated by the layoffs in the last two years, where, instead of
cutting whole teams and canceling projects, we've had to absorb 10% cut
across most divisions, without a corresponding adjustment of priorities
and goals.
The sorry thing I see of this whole merger is that it was COMPLETELY
UNNECESSARY. Sun had more than enough cash on hand, and quite a few
very profitable products. We could very well have returned to being a
(quite) profitable company, if a hard focus could have been attained.
And, of course, the idiot distraction of trying to buy other companies
(MySQL, anyone?) which don't help our existing core competencies.
I like Jonathan, and supported many of his initiatives. But he
fundamentally failed in being able to reign-in and refocus Sun, which
was what could have saved the company. It's sad.
We'll see what the Oracle buyout does for focus and budgets (I'm
actually hopeful here). I'm also hoping we can retain some of the
fabulously innovative culture here, but that's a much more sketchy
possibility.
Then again, what do I really know. I'm just a line-level worker here.
[I in no way speak for anyone but myself at Sun. This is merely my
personal opinion.]
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Erik Trimble
Java System Support
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Santa Clara, CA
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