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It’s ironic but fitting that executive bonuses, a subject that’s ignited popular anger against the very companies in Sun Microsystems’ core customer base on Wall St, helped kill Sun’s future.
It’s been reported that a disagreement between IBM and Sun over post-acquisition packages for both chief executive officer Jonathan Schwartz and chairman and co-founder [...]

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Sun Microsystems share price has plummeted this week following the breakdown of IBM’s takeover talks. The board rejected an offer of $9.40 per share and terminated their agreement to negotiate exclusively with IBM.
Sun has been looking for a buyer for several months. The company has struggled for a few years [...]

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The big IBM-Sun (JAVA) news has come and gone; so far without an outcome. It’s going to be ugly for Sun. A situation like this is absolutely fatal to an organization. The wheels of employee defection and revised customer spending plans are set in motion and there is little that [...]

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Open source software from Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) is enabling the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to build a secure, open technology platform to connect federal government agencies and health information exchanges in a “network of networks”–the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN)–built over the Internet. [...]

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An acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. by IBM might have its good points, especially for Sun’s long-suffering shareholders. But IT users and analysts have concerns about the prospective deal that can be summed up in two words: uncertainty and fear.
While Sun is a diminished company these days, it remains influential, [...]

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Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has put forward a compelling argument as to how Sun will monetize open-source software.
Fortunately, he may never need to, as it seems all-but-certain that IBM will acquire Sun, perhaps as early as this week, according to sources familiar with the matter.
In a nutshell, Schwartz argues that [...]

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Vendors can build revenues from services and subscriptions, while CIOs, CEOs and the businesses they lead are freed from the “slavery” of traditional software procurement processes, said Sun’s Simon Phipps, speaking at a Sun developers conference in New York City.
In the midst of industry speculation that IBM might buy Sun [...]

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The open source route has generated more money for Sun Microsystems than before, says its open source chief, and staying on this path will be central to the company’s growth strategy.
Sun made more money from Solaris today than it did four years ago after it moved the server platform to an open source [...]

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IBM’s chances of being a major player in the era of cloud computing would be enhanced by a merger with Sun, says BusinessWeek.
IBM can also afford the $6.5BN acquisition that is apparently being discussed since it has $13BN cash hoard, notes BW Senior writer Steve Hamm.
In his report published today, the day after [...]

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It’s not clear if IBM is thinking about buying Sun. But one thing is clear: Sun execs are out selling it as the “largest” open source company in the world.
In a series of blogs written this week, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz claimed that Sun’s open source business — software and related [...]