No, no, no. Sun is not equal to DEC in their demise. Ken Olsen, anyone remember the infamous CEO of DEC, was notorious for missing every major computing trend after initially pegging the minicomputer revolution in founding DEC.
Also, DEC's, read Olsen's, proprietary strategyies in both h/w and s/w make Microsoft seem downright Linux-like in comparison.:)
If Sun is indeed to go down it will find its own way to morph into a smaller and smaller company. An entire generation of minicomputer makers went away in the 80's and 90's - Prime and Wang to name two. DEC was the biggest and last of a generation.
IMO, if you want to see the future of Sun, look at Silicon Graphics. PCs slowly ate their lunch until they became a marginalized player in a niche market.
McNealy is looking for a nicke to crawl into.
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No, no, no. Sun is not equal to DEC in their demise. Ken Olsen, anyone remember the infamous CEO of DEC, was notorious for missing every major computing trend after initially pegging the minicomputer revolution in founding DEC. Also, DEC's, read Olsen's, proprietary strategyies in both h/w and s/w make Microsoft seem downright Linux-like in comparison. :)
If Sun is indeed to go down it will find its own way to morph into a smaller and smaller company. An entire generation of minicomputer makers went away in the 80's and 90's - Prime and Wang to name two. DEC was the biggest and last of a generation.
IMO, if you want to see the future of Sun, look at Silicon Graphics. PCs slowly ate their lunch until they became a marginalized player in a niche market.
McNealy is looking for a nicke to crawl into.