Still gotta laugh at that the 'JAVA' stock symbol; does make Java look bad during these times thou
/derek sherod wrote: > I attached a screen grab of SUN vs NASDAQ and Microsoft / Google / > IBM / Oracle / Yahoo > > Everybody has gone done, but Sun's decrease is much more profound and > is well below the market. > > http://javaposse.googlegroups.com/web/suncap.JPG?gsc=aToTdBYAAACmKAbXu_rFUyV3j_5vCDIO2eLEDst71Ngwix2Erb-dvw > > It should be noted that their last quarter loss was due to accounting > write downs, not losses on sales. Once the accounting write down is > removed I believe it was only a $65 million loss. > > At that rate, $3 billion in cash will last some considerable time. > > But who knows where it will end. Java would find a home regardless, a > greater concern would be the higher level projects such as Glassfish, > Netbeans, etc etc. > > Worst comes to worst, Java can stay at my house, I have a spare > sofa. :) > > On Nov 13, 9:28 am, Joe Data <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> The Sun market cap just hit $3bln (in July it was still $8bln and >> people thought that was low), and Forbes reports that Sun is under >> pressure to sell itself or some of its assets to get out of this >> hole. :-( >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/12/suns_market_cap_below_3bn_dol... >> >> I hope that whatever happens, Java will be safe! >> >> Karsten >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
