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Should Sun Just Fold Now?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thats-a-bit-extreme dept.

KE1LR writes "The Silicon Insider at ABCnews.com is taking the position that Sun Microsystems, creator of the SPARC architecutre and, oh yeah, Java, should just give up and close shop instead of continuing to wither. I agree that Sun would have to have to do something dramatic to avoid what is looking more and more like an inevitability at this point, but what could stop this slide toward the same fate as DEC? Might they have anything in the works that could save them? What could it be?"

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  1. There's another option by Rogerborg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Start suing their own customers and pick up where SCO just left off in claiming that the GPL is unconstitutional, supports terrorists and drowns puppies. SUN could fund a LOT of anti-linux FUD lawsuits, especially with M$ backing them all the way.

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  2. Re:Losing on the cheap by cluckshot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There might be another reason that Sun is losing out. It might just be that they have pushed all that "Outsourcing" "H-1B" stuff to the limit. My understanding is they about wrote the book on the process and have several Indians in their board or high mgt. I have noticed that as soon as you see a company "Outsourcing" and pushing H-1B etc, they shortly are dying out.

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