Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- McNealy thinks he is Manny Ramirez, has another think coming
- What happens next is that IBM offers a lower price, there are machinations to make it appear that it's not a lower price some of the money is deferred and Sun accepts the offer. Or it could go bankrupt. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Price, McNealy, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-05
- Takeover Fever: The Apple-Sun saga
- Sun Microsystem's days as an independent company may be limited, very limited, if the reports by the Wall Street Journal and others are correct; this time IBM will be the suitor. But throughout Sun's long downhill slide, there have been many back-and-forths with Apple, deals that many saw at the...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., McNealy, Sun Solaris, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operating Systems, UNIX, Desktops, Servers, Software, Investment, Finance, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- McNealy's back and Obama's got him
- When McNealy says he's doing a paper advocating open source, understand that it is actually a vendor white paper being sent to a big customer, nothing more. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Scott McNealy, McNealy, Baker, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-23
Additional Resources
- mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future
- The co-founders of mySQL have profound disagreements on the future of the open source database following Oracle's takeover. Monty Widenius wants mySQL sold, not given to Oracle, telling reporters his Monty AB encouraged the investigation that has held up the Oracle-Sun deal. Meanwhile Marten...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Monty Widenius, Monty, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years
- Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...
- Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- McNealy zings iPhone, laments the PC, claims Sun started open source
- *yawn*More of the same hot air, too bad it doesn't help Sun's stock in any way...there more that stock If they play there card well .... Oracle/sun could become a hell of a big player in OS market .... stock or not ....Because we have to understand that there...
- Tags: Investment, Apple iPhone, PC, Sun Microsystems Inc., stock, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- McNealy zings iPhone, laments the PC, claims Sun started open source
- Sunday night McNealy gave the audience at Oracle OpenWorld several more McNealy-esque quips on his take of the tech world and Sun's role in it. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Apple iPhone, PC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Smart Phones, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech innovations
- E10K? Open SourceWow, an all this time I thought that the E10K came from Cray after the merger with SGI. The spin that Sun completed it is true, but it wasn't SUN culture of DNA.http://www.cray-cyber.org/systems/E10kborn.phpAnd who knew that Sun created open source, rather than struggling against it until they lost.The...
- Tags: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., E10K
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- News to know: Oracle; Sidekick; Win7 party; Google; Yahoo Hack day
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Federal Government, Internet, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Government, Management
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech innovations
- In what could be one of his last big appearances as the leader of Sun, Scott McNealy named his list of the top 10 innovations that have come out of Sun Microsystems. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Innovation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Scott McNealy, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC approval
- Yeah but...Sure wish they'd fire McNealy & Schwartz, then it would make it all worthwhile.Michael Murdock, CEOWell I never liked Oracle anyway......good way for Oracle to shoot itself in the foot. :)Did you know that large snakes can misjudge prey and try to eat something too big? Then they literally...
- Tags: Linux, Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft development tools, U.S. Department of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- News to know: Windows 7. iPhone in China, CircuitCity.com, Java, Google books, Apple history
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month Mary jo Foley: Windows 7: The incentives are...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Circuit City Stores Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay
- Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stayDalvik & JVM UnificationGood questions & answers in the video.It will be interesting to see if the changes Google implemented in the Dalvik VM, for performance, security, etc. reasons will ultimately get incorporated in the standard Java VM (e.g. a JVM that can be...
- Tags: Programming languages, Java
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay
- At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy about the future of Java development. Ellison says he will continue to expand investment in Java and sees the programming language being used in a variety of devices including Google's Android phones and...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Ellison and McNealy: Java here to stay
- At JavaOne in San Francisco, Calif., Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy about the future of Java development. Ellison says he will continue to expand investment in Java and sees the programming language being used in a variety of devices including Google's Android phones and...
- Tags: Larry Ellison, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, JavaOne, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Ellison
- Videos 2009-06-02
- The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online
- The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy onlineWhy dont they just make it legal, regulate and tax the crap out of it.If many law abiding citizens continue to break a particular law then the law is no longer socially justifiable. Laws are simply social control over behavors that are unwanted....
- Tags: game, hypocrisy, Evangelism
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online
- It is memorialized as the world's oldest profession. The movie Pretty Woman glamorized it. Congressmen and Governors get in trouble over it. But what it isn't, is on craigslist anymore. A group of state attorneys general's have browbeat craigslist into closing the "erotic services" section. ...
- Tags: Service, Adult Service, Hair, Internet, Web 2.0, Games, Storage, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Will Oracle-Sun deal close?
- Will Oracle-Sun deal close?90% doneusually the sale contract does not allow the buyee to seek another bidder.The share holders and US gov won't stop this aquisition either.RE: Will Oracle-Sun deal close?Microsoft, again, will heap the benefits!Then why is it at $9.18?Arbitrage spreads generally close to nothing after a deal that...
- Tags: Benefits, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Oracle-Sun: an enterprise catastrophe
- Oracle-Sun: an enterprise catastropheonly M$ sees it as a catastropheHaving a serious and rich contender for Linux, Office, sql & .net gives Balmer cold sweats.Everyone else is happy, may be except IBM.Your right DennisOracle is REALLY GOOD at making a profit. Ellison is a forward thinker, he was the first...
- Tags: Linux, Databases, Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Oracle Corp., GREAT NEWS, Microsoft Corp., analysis, database, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
Popular Sanity Saver Videos
White Papers and Webcasts