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> > Sun Microsystems held onto the third position in total sales, despite
the
> > biggest revenue decline among all the top vendors. Sun moved $1.35
billion in servers
> > for the quarter but coughed up 1.7 points of market share and saw
revenue shrink
> > by 15.3 percent.

> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/30964.html

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>> > Sun Microsystems held onto the third position in total sales, despite
> the
>> > biggest revenue decline among all the top vendors. Sun moved $1.35
> billion in servers
>> > for the quarter but coughed up 1.7 points of market share and saw
> revenue shrink
>> > by 15.3 percent.

>> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/30964.html

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> Ok, I know I'm new here, but what makes the original post a troll post? It
> was merely quoting an article on theregister.com stating that Sun's
> marketshare has dropped 1.7% and held the 3rd highest sales position amongst
> vendors. How is this a troll posting?

> > > Sun Microsystems held onto the third position in total sales, despite
> the
> > > biggest revenue decline among all the top vendors. Sun moved $1.35
> billion in servers
> > > for the quarter but coughed up 1.7 points of market share and saw
> revenue shrink
> > > by 15.3 percent.

> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/30964.html
> Ok, I know I'm new here, but what makes the original post a troll post? It
> was merely quoting an article on theregister.com stating that Sun's
> marketshare has dropped 1.7% and held the 3rd highest sales position amongst
> vendors. How is this a troll posting?

> > > > Sun Microsystems held onto the third position in total sales, despite
> > the
> > > > biggest revenue decline among all the top vendors. Sun moved $1.35
> > billion in servers
> > > > for the quarter but coughed up 1.7 points of market share and saw
> > revenue shrink
> > > > by 15.3 percent.

> > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/30964.html

> > Ok, I know I'm new here, but what makes the original post a troll post? It
> > was merely quoting an article on theregister.com stating that Sun's
> > marketshare has dropped 1.7% and held the 3rd highest sales position amongst
> > vendors. How is this a troll posting?

> Unfortunately many people involved with Sun, either as customers or even
> management, suffer from this blinkered view when bad news arrives.  Worse than a
> 1.3% marketshare drop is the drop of over 15% in revenues, this is going to make
> it hard for Sun to put the investment it needs to behind Linux in order to grow
> and carry on as an independent company.

> Another 15% drop next year and Sun has just contracted as a company by almost
> one-third, they will need to lay off a similar percentage of their workforce just
> to balance their books.  Sun is being eaten by a cancer within, better known as
> solaris advocates.  These people are paralysing the forward thinking people in
> management who would like to drop solaris and move forward the only way they can,
> under the heavyweight banner of Linux.

> Linux is coming to the rescue of all the old unix shops, IBM, HP/Compaq etc and
> unless Sun stakes a claim now, they are going to be playing catch up for decades.
> It's vital if Sun is to avoid bankruptcy or a buy out, to make a claim as being
> the number 1 provider of Linux solutions in the world.  At the moment they aren't
> even competing and HP and IBM are powering forward uncontested.  Sun will fall
> behind Dell this year and out of the top 5 server providers within 12 months
> because of the cancer stopping the company from changing to market conditions.

> Sad but true.

> Linux is coming to the rescue of all the old unix shops, IBM, HP/Compaq etc and
> unless Sun stakes a claim now, they are going to be playing catch up for decades.
> It's vital if Sun is to avoid bankruptcy or a buy out, to make a claim as being
> the number 1 provider of Linux solutions in the world.  At the moment they aren't
> even competing and HP and IBM are powering forward uncontested.  Sun will fall
> behind Dell this year and out of the top 5 server providers within 12 months
> because of the cancer stopping the company from changing to market conditions.

>> Another 15% drop next year and Sun has just contracted as a company by almost
>> one-third, they will need to lay off a similar percentage of their workforce just
>> to balance their books.

> Another 15% drop next year and Sun has just contracted as a company by almost
> one-third, they will need to lay off a similar percentage of their workforce just
> to balance their books.  Sun is being eaten by a cancer within, better known as
> solaris advocates.  These people are paralysing the forward thinking people in
> management who would like to drop solaris and move forward the only way they can,
> under the heavyweight banner of Linux.

>>>>Sun Microsystems held onto the third position in total sales, despite

>>the

>>>>biggest revenue decline among all the top vendors. Sun moved $1.35

>>billion in servers

>>>>for the quarter but coughed up 1.7 points of market share and saw

>>revenue shrink

>>>>by 15.3 percent.

>>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/30964.html

>>Ok, I know I'm new here, but what makes the original post a troll post? It
>>was merely quoting an article on theregister.com stating that Sun's
>>marketshare has dropped 1.7% and held the 3rd highest sales position amongst
>>vendors. How is this a troll posting?

> Unfortunately many people involved with Sun, either as customers or even
> management, suffer from this blinkered view when bad news arrives.  Worse than a
> 1.3% marketshare drop is the drop of over 15% in revenues, this is going to make
> it hard for Sun to put the investment it needs to behind Linux in order to grow
> and carry on as an independent company.

> Another 15% drop next year and Sun has just contracted as a company by almost
> one-third, they will need to lay off a similar percentage of their workforce just
> to balance their books.  Sun is being eaten by a cancer within, better known as
> solaris advocates.  These people are paralysing the forward thinking people in
> management who would like to drop solaris and move forward the only way they can,
> under the heavyweight banner of Linux.

> Linux is coming to the rescue of all the old unix shops, IBM, HP/Compaq etc and
> unless Sun stakes a claim now, they are going to be playing catch up for decades.
> It's vital if Sun is to avoid bankruptcy or a buy out, to make a claim as being
> the number 1 provider of Linux solutions in the world.  At the moment they aren't
> even competing and HP and IBM are powering forward uncontested.  Sun will fall
> behind Dell this year and out of the top 5 server providers within 12 months
> because of the cancer stopping the company from changing to market conditions.

> Sad but true.

>> Unfortunately many people involved with Sun, either as customers or even
>> management, suffer from this blinkered view when bad news arrives.  
>> Worse than a
>> 1.3% marketshare drop is the drop of over 15% in revenues, this is
>> going to make
>> it hard for Sun to put the investment it needs to behind Linux in
>> order to grow
>> and carry on as an independent company.

>> Another 15% drop next year and Sun has just contracted as a company by
>> almost
>> one-third, they will need to lay off a similar percentage of their
>> workforce just
>> to balance their books.  Sun is being eaten by a cancer within, better
>> known as
>> solaris advocates.  These people are paralysing the forward thinking
>> people in
>> management who would like to drop solaris and move forward the only
>> way they can,
>> under the heavyweight banner of Linux.

> You've got to be kidding, right?  You've never visited c.o.l.a, I see.
> I'm a long time BSD user, who loves unix systems.  

> > > Ok, I know I'm new here, but what makes the original post a troll
post?

> For one thing, the poster has all the hallmarks of a troller.  He
> posts under different names ("John Miller", "Lance Armstrong", "James
> smyth", etc.) but whenever it's about Sun it's negative.  Google says
> that most of his postings are about * and/or football (soccer
> to Americans).

>> You've got to be kidding, right?  You've never visited c.o.l.a, I see.
>> I'm a long time BSD user, who loves unix systems.  

>     It's good that you BSD kids can aspire to use UNIX systems.