It’s been a little over a year since Oracle took over Sun. However, the Sun signs outside the Santa Clara campus have languished the entire year, until now. Starting last week the Sun signs have been taken down, and they’re being replaced by Oracle signs. Finally. Around the time of the takeover I was sure [...]
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The Last Signs of Sun
Posted in Sun on March 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Schwartz Worst CEO Ever? I Don’t Think So
Posted in Sun on May 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A recent article named Jonathan Schwartz the worst CEO of all time.Well, it’s hard to tell whether it said that he was actually the worst, but the article is entitled Worst CEOs in American History and Schwartz was listed first. There’s much to criticize about Schwartz’s tenure at Sun. While CEO, he did the following: [...]
The Last Days of Sun
Posted in Sun on February 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Oracle closed the acquision of Sun Microsystems on January 27. Sun still exists, although as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle. Most people think of Oracle as a database company, and this has inspired some database-oriented gallows humor, such as: DROP TABLE Sun_Employees; Of course, it hasn’t been this bad. Before the deal closed rumors were [...]
Sun → Oracle
Posted in Sun on January 27, 2010 | 11 Comments »
And so it ends here. My small note of optimism from early last year is moot; the final chapter of Sun’s history has been completed, and it is filled with words like troubled, beleaguered, and embattled. Oracle closed its acquisition of Sun today. There seems to be a lot of sadness about this event. For [...]
