On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]> 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.
Edward Ned Harvey, wait a minute. He is right? Maybe from the point where Sun now is, but do not forget that HE BROUGHT IT HERE. And even if that would not be the case, then he is still a traitor. He has laid-off 10K or more Sun-employees during the recent years, always because ¨it is good for Sun¨ and ¨I love Sun¨ and other fairy tales. Unfortunately didn´t he lay-off himself. Because in that case Sun would still be alive! Not because of the 10 Millions per year that he paid himself in Bonuses, and not due to all the other millions that were paid to other board members. But because of the BILLIONS Sun lost due to his bright decisions. Such as to pay 1 Billion for MySQL at the height of an completely overheated market, shortly before the big crash. Precisely the same as the wasted 4 BILLIONS that Sun paid for Cobalt in September 2000 (ok, Mc Nealy back then). Whatever, your message shows that you didn´t follow Sun´s history closely enough. And especially, that life or death of Sun does not affect you personally in much of a way. Neither financially (as employee), nor emotionally. -- %martin > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
