Merrill Lynch Rips Sun

cosjef writes "In an open letter to Sun, an analyst for Merrill Lynch tells Sun to change or risk adding itself to the junkyard of formerly-great technology companies like DEC or Data General. The letter even recommends taking the helm away from McNealy, whose 'brash and contrarian personality have been synonymous with the company's image and success. Unfortunately, the act is getting old.' Sun's mistakes are well documented, but the biggest one is believing that what made them successful in the past would make them successful in the future."

Comments

Translation: short Sun

[wowbagger]

tr = new Translation(from = Marketspeak, to = English)

tr < OpenLetterToSun
I have shorted the shit out of Sun stock, and now I want it to go down like a Clinton Intern. I will now rip you a new one in an "open" letter targeted not at Sun but rather at the sheeple who day trade.

Once your stock price bombs out, I will make a killing, then buy in at the lower price. After that, expect another "open" letter praising Sun to the heavens, in order to pump the stock back up.

God, I love being a market manipulator^Wanalyst.
<EOF>

delete tr;

Re:Eric Raymond too

[ciaran_o_riordan]

ESR is a jackass.

Sun have some interesting technology in Java and the StarOffice additions to OpenOffice.org. They have made real efforts to interact with the Free Software community by releasing OpenOffice under the GPL/LGPL. We should be encouraging to release more Free Software, not telling them they're dead (when they're not).

Ciaran O'Riordan