Jonathan Schwartz

Sun: Dead Company Walking?

linuxtoday.com
21 hrs ago
        

Cyber Cynic: "On the other hand, for ages the company kept going back and forth on such fundamental questions as: "Are we a hardware or software company?" And, "Are we a proprietary or open-source software company?""

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Sun to shed up to 6,000 jobs

builderau.com.au
yesterday 7 related
        

Sun Microsystems late last week announced plans to shed between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs. The workforce reduction is intended to create cost savings of US$700 million to US$800 million annually, Sun said in a statement, but this...

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Business Digest | Sun fighting for survival

charlotte.com
15-Nov-2008
        

ComputersSun Microsystems Inc., one of the storied names in computing, might be headed to the brink of extinction during the economic downturn.The company's servers and software helped stimulate the Internet boom, and its...

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Microsoft’s Plan to Harm GNU/Linux and ODF via the Web

boycottnovell.com
15-Nov-2008 7 related
        

at 11:38 am by Roy Schestowitz “Now [Novell is] little better than a branch of Microsoft” –LinuxToday Managing Editor Several days ago, Simon Phipps from Sun Microsystems outlined what he considered to be the company’s new or...

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Sun slashes up to 6,000 jobs

channelregister.co.uk
14-Nov-2008 273 related
        

Something's got to give - and it did Before the markets opened on Wall Street this morning, Sun Microsystems did what most of us expected it would soon do after years of flatline revenues and a lack of profits or losses in many...

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SBA seeks nominations for annual awards

bcbr.com
14-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Sun cutting jobs companywide BROOMFIELD - Sun's campuses in Broomfield and Louisville employ about 3,400 workers, according to the most recent figures compiled by the Boulder County Business Report's research department. The...

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itp.net: Sun Microsystems announced that it was cutting 15% - 18% of its global workforce (Getty Images) itp.net

Sun Microsystems to cut off 15% of company's global workforce

xinhuanet.com
14-Nov-2008 3 related
        

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. computer service provider Sun Microsystems said Friday it will lay off up to 6,000 workers, about 15 percent of its global workforce, as the latest of a series of layoff decisions announced...

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The Ax-Man Finally Arrives at Sun

businessweek.com
14-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Posted by: Peter Burrows on November 14 It’s a hard thing to watch Sun. On the day the company takes another whack at giving Wall Street the massive layoffs its been demanding, the immediate reaction seems to be: it’s not...

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MarketWatch First Take: Wall Street fears Sun job cuts may not be enough

marketwatch.com
14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Sun Microsystems Inc. finally made some serious cost cutting moves as the sputtering economy crimps corporate technology spending, but the 6,000 job cuts may not be enough, and asset sales could be its next step, writes Therese...

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Sun Appoints Cloud Computing Czar, Announces Job Cuts

sys-con.com
14-Nov-2008 7 related
        

Working across all of Sun, Senior Vice President, Dave Douglas, has been appointed today to lead the Company's cloud computing efforts. Simultaneously, in a package of "decisive actions to align Sun's business with global...

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