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Sun to Cut 5000 Jobs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the less-than-ideal dept.

codemachine writes "In one of Jonathan Schwartz's first acts as CEO, Sun Microsystems has announced that they are cutting up to 5,000 jobs over the next 6 months. The company plans to sell property it owns in Newark, Calif., and to exit leases at a site in Sunnyvale, Calif. Analysts will be pleased that Sun has finally taken steps to cut costs, but what will this mean for the future of the company?"

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  1. With Free Open Source Linux, Who Needs To Pay Sun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is anyone surprised by this? Really? You can find hardware just about anywhere that is cheaper and runs Linux. Large SUN systems are just going the way of the dino and with Linux being free - there just isn't a need for a company like this any more. The more FOSS makes in-roads into corporations and even small business - the more we'll see of things like this.

  2. As a former employee ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I used to work for Sun,
    so I am really getting a kick out of most of these comments. Some of you guys are very good at making it sound like you know what you are talking about. But trust me: you don't.

    I think you just want to make yourself sound smart, when in reality you don't know what you are talking about. This is how bad info gets passed around. If you don't know about the topic don't make yourself sound like you do.