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Sun CEO: "Proprietary"... Did More Damage to Sun Than Any Market Downturn
Apr 11, 2007, 23 :15 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (11246 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Asay)

[ Thanks to Jose for this link. ]

"Jonathan Schwartz said something very interesting on his blog today. (I wish he blogged more, and with fewer happy Sun employee faces in his blogs, but this one was good.) He was talking about Sun's licensing of its Neptune ASIC to Marvell, and made this comment:

"For years we were called proprietary--a moniker that did more damage to Sun than any market downturn. And frankly, we've spent years recovering..."

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Little to add. ...   Very good post   
Jeff Rollin
Apr 12, 2007, 00:27:55
 
I'm happy that Sun is doing better t ...   Sun shining   
Joe User
Apr 12, 2007, 04:20:48
 
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