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New Hopes From Sun's Idea Factory

Posted by Hemos on Monday October 17, 2005 @05:10AM from the rebirth-coming? dept.

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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Hardware by xerid · 2005-10-17 05:18 · Score: 2, Funny

"and of course other companies promoting Linux as the solution"

I thought that Sun was a hardware company?
Humility and Sun in the same sentence? by skitheboat · 2005-10-17 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Does this include Scott McNealy or has he hired a CHO (Chief Humility Officer) to be humble for him? Maybe I need to start following Sun again, I gave them up for dead a couple of years ago.
Re:Ummm... by $RANDOMLUSER · 2005-10-17 05:48 · Score: 4, Funny

OK, here's a scenario that's all too real:
You're doing your bi-annual disaster recovery drill. Do you:
1. run a script to restore your configurations.
2. spend two days clicking checkboxes and updating text fields.
I know which one I prefer...

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No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Re:Einstein fucked his cousin and stole his ideas by $RANDOMLUSER · 2005-10-17 05:51 · Score: 3, Funny

Thanks for the live demo on the dangers of inbreeding.

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No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Re:Thank the DoD by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-17 06:33 · Score: 1, Funny

Bah. If you walk around our offices, there's a Sun machine or three one very single desk.

Then again, I work at Sun. :D