-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/8/10 16:48 , Robert Casto wrote: > I wonder if people are reading more into this than there is. Yes, > the European part of Sun is taking a big hit. And why not? It is > harder to do business over there with all the employment rules. > The EU blocked the sale for a long time and cost Oracle a ton of > money and lost opportunity. And with most of the business here in > the US where it can be controlled, they should do much better. > These markdowns are a common financial tool used to clean the > books. If anything, they may look lots better in a year or two once > things get off the books. > Right. While it agree that facts might prove already wrong "we're growing Sun (personnel) to profitability", before going too far I'd like to see how many people will be actually fired and in which areas. If we jumps to the conclusion that the R&D on Java is going to be fired, somebody should explain me the reason for which Oracle bought Sun. I don't think is the smart logo.
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