Sun Microsystems is back in the game

Shogun · 28th December 2007, 23:04

The Story: Sun Microsystems has been in and out of the (metaphorical) grave more often than Count Dracula. The one-time king of the Internet servers suffered a body blow when the dot-com bubble burst, and since then it’s been a struggle to keep the company’s name on the buy lists of enterprise IT shoppers. That struggle has been chronicled by endless stories in the trade and financial press with headlines featuring bad puns like “The Sun is setting.”

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...ted-sun_1.html

Shogun · 28th December 2007, 23:11

As someone who has paid close attention to Sun Microsystems and its progress since Jonathan Schwartz took over the company, I am glad to see things are turning around for the company.

It wasn't long ago where people heard the name "Sun Microsystems" and thought "company that doesn't open up Java" - now, people are beginning to pay attention and see what kind of things the company can do in the future. I'm especially fond of the company's open source ideologies, and hope other companies can adopt a similar approach when they are good and ready to do so.

jmke · 29th December 2007, 08:02

we still have a few Ultrasparc Sun stations running, but they are being replaced with Dell machines this year and VM installs

Shogun · 29th December 2007, 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

we still have a few Ultrasparc Sun stations running, but they are being replaced with Dell machines this year and VM installs

I think this is one of the main reasons Sun decided to hop on the virtualization bandwagon.

Bosw8er · 16th January 2008, 18:11

Sun to Acquire MySQL

Sun announced an agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases. This acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market and reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor.
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/pr...16_mysql_learn

jmke · 16th January 2008, 18:41

I sincerely hope Mysql will remain free

28th December 2007, 23:04	#1
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	Sun Microsystems is back in the game The Story: Sun Microsystems has been in and out of the (metaphorical) grave more often than Count Dracula. The one-time king of the Internet servers suffered a body blow when the dot-com bubble burst, and since then it’s been a struggle to keep the company’s name on the buy lists of enterprise IT shoppers. That struggle has been chronicled by endless stories in the trade and financial press with headlines featuring bad puns like “The Sun is setting.” http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...ted-sun_1.html

29th December 2007, 08:02	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	we still have a few Ultrasparc Sun stations running, but they are being replaced with Dell machines this year and VM installs __________________

16th January 2008, 18:11	#5
Bosw8er [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,717	Sun to Acquire MySQL Sun announced an agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open source icon and developer of one of the world's fastest growing open source databases. This acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market and reaffirms Sun's position as the leading provider of platforms for the Web economy and its role as the largest commercial open source contributor. http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/pr...16_mysql_learn __________________ "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

16th January 2008, 18:41	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	I sincerely hope Mysql will remain free __________________

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28th December 2007, 23:11	#2
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	As someone who has paid close attention to Sun Microsystems and its progress since Jonathan Schwartz took over the company, I am glad to see things are turning around for the company. It wasn't long ago where people heard the name "Sun Microsystems" and thought "company that doesn't open up Java" - now, people are beginning to pay attention and see what kind of things the company can do in the future. I'm especially fond of the company's open source ideologies, and hope other companies can adopt a similar approach when they are good and ready to do so.