Martin,
you seem to have a way to optimistic view of the economy of the IT industry.
Where's Apollo?
Where's DEC?
Where's SGI?
Only to name the BIGGEST one's, that are no longer.
The FUNDAMENTAL difference between Sun being acquired by Oracle compared to
all the other is:
Oracle does very well know, what they are buying! Compaq had no clue about
DEC, HP wanted to kill Apollo, and SGI is still lingering around...
Sun, regardless of change, would have NEVER been able to survive (because: Sun
was never a company to follow rules, or being streamlined and executing on
top-down decisions.), and a BIG change was needed (Just think about: Moore's
law, and the "growing demand" of the software. They don't match! CPUs get more
powerful, then software needs more powerful CPUs. So, how to compensate for
shrinking margins? Apple did it by: "The new MacBook, by the company that
brought you the iPod". Ever seen that ad? It's years old, but it explains,
that Apple now LIVES from iPod and iPhone, and NO LONGER from the computing
business in for of "servers or laptops"). So, because Sun would not have been
able to change itself, it IS a requirement, that that change comes from the
outside. Remember: Sun is number THREE, AFTER IBM and HP... And, who needs a
third "also" offer...
And: Oracle is the BEST, that can happen to Sun, or would you have loved to
see Sun being acquired by IBM?
OK, I'm oversimplifying it, but MY (and I only speak for myself here!)
perception is: Would you have loved to see Sun as the vendor of iPods? Or do
you love to still see Solaris, Java, SPARC, you name it, coming out of the Sun
devision inside Oracle?
Choose for yourself, then start thinking, and then be quiet... -)
Matthias
You (Martin Bochnig) wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Sriram Natarajan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > IMO, this thread tends towards inappropriate use of the alias. Please don't
> > feed the troll..
> >
> > - Siram
>
>
>
> I do not understand you.
> You got cheated, not I.
> But if you really want, then I stop.
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