http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/confcall/streetevents/SIG=133mnknrs/*http%3a//web.servicebureau.net/conf/meta?i=1113167739&c=2343&m=was&u=/w_ccbn.xsl&date_ticker=ORCL
or http://biz.yahoo.com/cc/7/114227.html The above is the link to the earnings conference call, it is still working hours here (11:00 am Hawaiian time). If someone could pick up any talks about Open Solaris and let us share, would much appreciate it. (Re-plays will always be available later.) > > On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 09:15 -0700, Orvar Korvar > > wrote: > > > I would love to come, but it is a bit too far > for > > me. :o) > > > > > > If you have any slides, it would be great if you > > later posted them on the net so everyone got up to > > date about the current status. > > > > I can't make it either, I am in Canada. I just > posted > > the link and info > > to keep everyone informed. > > > > Regards, > > Paul > > > > > > I think this is just a local activity from Sun's Tel > Aviv office. BTW I don't think Sun's Israel unit is > officially merged into Oracle yet??? > > But as Edward mentioned in a separate thread, Oracle > is going to announce it's first post-Sun-acquisition > earnings today. There are speculations that Oracle > "is expected to post significant gains in profit and > sales", specifically mentioning "solid demand for its > Exadata high-performance appliance": > > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-seen-posting-s > harp-profit-sales-gains-2010-06-23?reflink=MW_news_stm > p > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/orcl4q > > Living in Honolulu (we have one of the highest > military concentrations in the world), I couldn't > avoid hearing chatters (which are totally unfounded > rumors, of course) that the DoD is very gung-ho on > non-x86-based Exadata machines--greatly increased > emphasis on security being a primary reason. But > even if the above-cited report is true, I still think > Oracle needs to carefully re-evaluate the directions > that have been take wrt OpenSolaris (disclaimer: I > own a non-trivial number of ORCL). > > I have always believed that the main purpose of the > Open Solaris project is, first and foremost, to > ensure the life of the Solaris kernel. But for some > reason, the OpenSolaris project seems to have evolved > to have a life of its own, and has been trying to > compete in an area that it has no chance of success > (and no business of competing). > > OTOH, the Solaris proper and the environment > surrounding it have changed substantially, and many > of reasons for the existence of the Open Solaris > project are no longer very relevant. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
