Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 11, 2004 10:43 PM
Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems said in a keynote address free software could have no P&L (profit and loss) because it had no P.
Where exactly is Sun's profit right now? In the past year?
<A HREF="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci928789,00.html" TITLE="techtarget.com">Another</a techtarget.com> of Scott's quotes to hang on the wall:
Schwartz, however, sees the fad of Linux wearing off in big businesses.
"There will be a transition back to Solaris," he <A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/09/17/sun_ashamed_of_solaris_x86/" TITLE="theregister.co.uk">said</a theregister.co.uk>.
And let's not forget this golden oldie:
McNealy <A HREF="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci928789,00.html" TITLE="techtarget.com">called</a techtarget.com> Linux hobbyists "jalopy-ists" who build systems piece by piece.
Sun puts its <A HREF="http://www.theregister.com/2004/05/11/sun_q3_options/" TITLE="theregister.com">third quarter loss</a theregister.com> at $985m with the options included as an expense.
<A HREF="http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/10/11/0025238.shtml" TITLE="newsforge.com">Another</a newsforge.com> billion dollar quarterly loss?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 11, 2004 10:43 PMWhere exactly is Sun's profit right now? In the past year?
<A HREF="http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci928789,00.html" TITLE="techtarget.com">Another</a techtarget.com> of Scott's quotes to hang on the wall:
And let's not forget this golden oldie:
Sun puts its <A HREF="http://www.theregister.com/2004/05/11/sun_q3_options/" TITLE="theregister.com">third quarter loss</a theregister.com> at $985m with the options included as an expense.
<A HREF="http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/10/11/0025238.shtml" TITLE="newsforge.com">Another</a newsforge.com> billion dollar quarterly loss?
Not bad for a bunch of "jalopy-ists"! 8-P
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