"Shares in Sun Microsystems have sputtered to a 52-week low of $17.25 down from a period high of $27.12. It would be hard to find a company that has worked harder to get its shares up.
"Sun reverse split its stock on the theory that being over $10 would attract more institutional investors. That does not appear to have worked. The company also changed its symbol from SUNW to JAVA. No heartbeat there..."