New Hopes From Sun's Idea Factory

UltimaGuy writes "While it's way too soon to say Sun is back on track, the return of Bechtolsheim, aggressive improvements in products and a healthy dose of humility among Sun's executives mean the troubled company and its investors have more cause for optimism than they've had in years." Of course, Sun's problems are still out there - dealing with projects like Geronimo for some of their base infrastructure, and of course other companies promoting Linux as the solution.

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Serious Marketing Issues

[mpapet]

IMHO, they've still got serious marketing issues.

1. In the licenses I've read through, they do not make much, if anything clear as to what exactly the customer gets with the license.
2. What are their unique selling points? Don't say "java" because it's free. Or, maybe it's not. It's too hard to tell.
3. Is their hardware sooo much better than vanilla PC's?

If someone could please post a list of their strongest products that would be helpful. I have a hard time understanding their relevance. Again, "java" isn't helpful because it seems to be there are a number of alternatives fast-approaching.