I think Ellison is correct: nothing new under the sun here.. IF you take over a company alot of folks bail for a little while, until you are proven that you have the Stick to the product and have some backing:: I will keep this steadfast.. otherwise who wants a product that is good for 2 years, and then the company folds, and you have to change again.. IMHO.. So as long as they Stick to the Stuff.. Kinda like Sears Tools.. you have always get free replacement.. when that stops .. everyone bails..
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Guillaume Rheault <guilla...@dcshq.com>wrote: > ** > Axton, I agree with your analysis about the contradiction between short > term profit gains and long term research and development, which > necessitates several years of investment that may not result in any visible > gains. > > That's why even Bill Gates, with all the $$ that Microsoft has, has called > for the government to spend more money in fundamental research: > > "While private sector research and development is important, federal > research funding is vital. Unfortunately, while other countries and > regions, such as China and the European Union, are increasing their public > investment in R&D, federal research spending in the United States is not > keeping pace. To address this problem, I urge Congress to take action. > The Federal Government should increase funding for basic scientific > research." > > You can read the entire transcript of that 2007 senate hearing here: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2007/03-07Senate.mspx > > This is before the economic crisis.... so things are worse now. > > Guillaume > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] on behalf of Axton [axton.gr...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, March 26, 2012 11:17 AM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: Kinetic Request at WalMart > > ** I don't see the future as bright for the Sparc line when I see > numbers like these: > http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh032612-story09.html > > They are also pushing Hitachi and Fujitsu out of the equation because it > is not as profitable (per this article). > > How long do you think Oracle will keep an unprofitable business line > around? From what I've observed, Oracle doesn't seem to have much of an > appetite for things that don't make money. > > Sun did a lot of innovative things with Solaris. I don't see that > continuing under Oracle, except to the extent that the innovations aid > appliance/database performance. Sadly, when it comes to operating systems, > application performance is only a small part of what makes a good operating > system. > > At the end of the day, it is what it is. I don't think any of the paths > for Sun were good. I suppose I liked Sun for doing innovative things, even > when they weren't profitable. They developed and shaped a lot of what we > all use today. Sadly, their contributions are not what Wall Street or > investors were looking for. Research and development has a very > specialized application in a market economy. In the free > market/capitalist paradigm, leaps and bounds in progress are hard to make. > A constant churn of small developments with a contained shelf-life, backed > by aggressive marketing, are much more in line with the values of that > system. > > Axton Grams > > The statements in this message are my opinion and don't necessarily > reflect the values, opinions, or beliefs of anyone or anything else. > > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
