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Sun loses $2.3 billion in fiscal Q2

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    Stephane Rodriguez
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    Link here[^]. Amusing thing is analysts say "Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter expectations, despite a $2.3 billion loss that largely stemmed from one-time items. For the three months ended Dec. 29, Sun lost 72 cents per share on sales, compared with a loss of 13 cents per share in the same period last year". Scott Mc Nealy (Sun's CEO) on comment said : "The Sun team put in a solid performance this quarter". :confused: :wtf: Is it that I don't understand English at all ? Or what ? My only wonder is how many round of layoffs we are going to see next quarter.

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      Link here[^]. Amusing thing is analysts say "Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter expectations, despite a $2.3 billion loss that largely stemmed from one-time items. For the three months ended Dec. 29, Sun lost 72 cents per share on sales, compared with a loss of 13 cents per share in the same period last year". Scott Mc Nealy (Sun's CEO) on comment said : "The Sun team put in a solid performance this quarter". :confused: :wtf: Is it that I don't understand English at all ? Or what ? My only wonder is how many round of layoffs we are going to see next quarter.

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      McNealy is a snake. Guess Sun won't be doing dividends... Maybe if they stopped paying their laywers (the Sun Team McNealy refers to) so much in hope of killing Microsoft they could focus on making some money for a change. Hey Scott, try some PRODUCTS instead of Lawsuits. Some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could have thought of them - George Orwell

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        McNealy is a snake. Guess Sun won't be doing dividends... Maybe if they stopped paying their laywers (the Sun Team McNealy refers to) so much in hope of killing Microsoft they could focus on making some money for a change. Hey Scott, try some PRODUCTS instead of Lawsuits. Some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could have thought of them - George Orwell

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        Rob Graham wrote: Guess Sun won't be doing dividends... Correct. Sun is probably, as most other dotbombed companies, preparing cash to make sure managers resign without making waves. Millions to thank them for the 2.3 billion loss. Trust in us, they said...

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          Link here[^]. Amusing thing is analysts say "Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter expectations, despite a $2.3 billion loss that largely stemmed from one-time items. For the three months ended Dec. 29, Sun lost 72 cents per share on sales, compared with a loss of 13 cents per share in the same period last year". Scott Mc Nealy (Sun's CEO) on comment said : "The Sun team put in a solid performance this quarter". :confused: :wtf: Is it that I don't understand English at all ? Or what ? My only wonder is how many round of layoffs we are going to see next quarter.

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          .S.Rod. wrote: Sun Microsystems Inc. beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter expectations, despite a $2.3 billion loss What, were the analysts only expecting $1 billion in losses? I can just imagine the execs all popping open champagne and spraying each other, yelling "WE DID IT! WOO HOO!" --Mike-- I'm bored... Episode I bored. 1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click! My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm

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            .S.Rod. wrote: Sun Microsystems Inc. beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter expectations, despite a $2.3 billion loss What, were the analysts only expecting $1 billion in losses? I can just imagine the execs all popping open champagne and spraying each other, yelling "WE DID IT! WOO HOO!" --Mike-- I'm bored... Episode I bored. 1ClickPicGrabber - Grab & organize pictures from your favorite web pages, with 1 click! My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm

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            And we us all are going to pay the bill now.

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              Link here[^]. Amusing thing is analysts say "Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday beat Wall Street's fiscal second-quarter expectations, despite a $2.3 billion loss that largely stemmed from one-time items. For the three months ended Dec. 29, Sun lost 72 cents per share on sales, compared with a loss of 13 cents per share in the same period last year". Scott Mc Nealy (Sun's CEO) on comment said : "The Sun team put in a solid performance this quarter". :confused: :wtf: Is it that I don't understand English at all ? Or what ? My only wonder is how many round of layoffs we are going to see next quarter.

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              I have a friend who works at Sun, and they have already laid off a good percentage of their workforce. Here's a question - if Sun goes broke, who owns Java/J2EE ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
              C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
              Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002

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                I have a friend who works at Sun, and they have already laid off a good percentage of their workforce. Here's a question - if Sun goes broke, who owns Java/J2EE ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
                C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
                Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002

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                Christian Graus wrote: Here's a question - if Sun goes broke, who owns Java/J2EE ? The local recycling plant? ;P Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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                  I have a friend who works at Sun, and they have already laid off a good percentage of their workforce. Here's a question - if Sun goes broke, who owns Java/J2EE ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002
                  C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002
                  Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002

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                  Christian Graus wrote: who owns Java/J2EE ? In case you didn't know, IBM has his own implementation of Java/J2EE/J2SE/... In the market, leading vendors are already publicly saying that they (vendors) are to release, starting this year, products compatible with both Microsoft .NET and IBM Websphere. No mention of Sun at all. A year ago, they said Microsoft .NET and Sun J2EE (.ONE).

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                    McNealy is a snake. Guess Sun won't be doing dividends... Maybe if they stopped paying their laywers (the Sun Team McNealy refers to) so much in hope of killing Microsoft they could focus on making some money for a change. Hey Scott, try some PRODUCTS instead of Lawsuits. Some ideas are so stupid that only an intellectual could have thought of them - George Orwell

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                    Ahh but wait, won't Java solve all their problems? I know it solved all of mine. Java solves everything, infact I have recently had it embedded, via Jini, into my toothbrush, thus I can now brush my teeth via RMI. Isn't Java cool? Isn't Sun brilliant? Blech..., excuse me while I rinse my mouth out with soap.... ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)!

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