Oracle / Sun / Research (was Kinetic Request at WalMart)

2012-03-26 Thread Guillaume Rheault
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 fo

Re: Oracle / Sun / Research (was Kinetic Request at WalMart)

2012-03-26 Thread patrick zandi
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

Re: Oracle / Sun / Research (was Kinetic Request at WalMart)

2012-03-26 Thread patrick zandi
Bad typing.. thinking faster than fingers.. bad bad bad.. sorry folks.. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:39 PM, patrick zandi wrote: > 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 t