<![CDATA[Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery]]> afaik, javafx is actually going to be free to phone manufacturers as well. the real issue is sun needs to work on their hardware channels - it's a pita to actually buy a box from them - takes forever *IF* you can convince them to sell you the box.

no idea what they'll do for money. tbh I think they're just going to try the mysql route of selling support.

Sun has some cool shit and innovations. Here's to hoping they figure it out.

nessence

]]> <![CDATA[Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery]]> How come profit-making ideas are so plentiful when you're a 26-year-old geek in a garage, and so scarce when you're a 26-year-old joint stock corporation?

tootingbec

]]> <![CDATA[Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery]]> Neil Young: Jonathan, I know how you feel. But did I give up when 'Trans' tanked?

BobDope

]]> <![CDATA[Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery]]> I recently heard Sun users complain of the companies declining hardware offerings. It was suggested that it would be better to buy an IBM mainframe and continue running the Sun software in emulation mode and hope that eventually the company would produce hardware worth owning.

macbeach

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