> From: opensolaris-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris- > discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Edward Martinez > > >it will probably be tuned for Database and Servers. Oracle may well > remove most desktop and laptop functionality, after all, it's not > required and makes support much harder. > >Fowler added that Oracle will continue to invest in its open source > communities. That said he noted that Oracle really has focused its > efforts lately on getting Solaris 11 out the door.
One more thing. I also said before, that when a huge company acquires another huge company, there's never enough cash on hand to pay for it all without any sacrifices. If Oracle had an extra "Sun" of cash laying around unused, they would have found something to invest in... Something has to be cut, in order to pay for this. There are inevitably big layoffs. We've seen one round of layoffs in the HPC group. I am speculating, but I don't think it's over yet. Based on personal experience and gut feel, I predict a total of 3 rounds of layoffs, which means 2 more coming soon. And I have no idea where to guess the axe will fall next. And of course, I could be wrong. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
