Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 21st Sep 2005 22:25 UTC, submitted by kellym
Sun CEO Scott McNealy likened himself to Steve Jobs and his company to Apple Computer on the brink of launching the iPod at a convention Tuesday, suggesting the server maker is poised for take-off. Sun has been on a five-year stock slide, having lost about 90 percent of its share price since January 2000. It has not had a year of positive net income since its fiscal year 2001. In the meantime, shareholder activists are calling for Sun to do away with its "poison pill" takeover defense and realign its executives' stock option plan to be more performance-based, according to a Sun proxy filed Tuesday.
Thread beginning with comment 35106
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:2005-07-07
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
Member since:
http://store.sun.com/CMTemplate/CEServlet?process=SunStore&cmdViewP...
Look at that. You can still buy those ancient systems, brand new, direct from Sun. And check out those prices:
Sun Blade 150 @ 550 Mhz = $1395
@ 650 Mhz = $1995
w/ an XVR-600 = $3395
Do you have any clue the type of PC one can build for $3395?
Maybe if Sun didn't sell their Ultra 10 systems, like their Sun Blade 150s, like they were new until 2003 I wouldn't have compared them with a Duron.
Are Sun Blade 150s new systems? Why does Sun want you to pay new prices for old slow hardware? Why do they even have Pentium 3 class systems for sale at premium prices?
Some even consider the USIIi to be a Pentium class system. That's pretty old tech to be leading the industry with.