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- A brief summary
- A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also essentially the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Sun's storage move
- Sun's storage moveLet's face itSun bought a lemon!Storage Move as a Reaction to ERP WoesThis is interesting. I'd be curious to know where you get your information on the culture clash.Part of that clash was technical. StorageTek had previously invested in and streamlined a Siebel CRM solution. Sales...
- Tags: Sales strategy, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Revisting Schwartz's Sun Google Trends
- Revisting Schwartz's Sun Google TrendsThanks!Hi Dan,Thanks for revisiting this topic and linking to my response.--Jamey
- Tags: Sun Google Trends, Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-22
- Will Glassfish Validate Schwartz' Open Source Strategy?
- Will Glassfish Validate Schwartz' Open Source Strategy?Yep, it's helpingSun just had their first "officially" profitable quarter in like 5 years.And look at their software business until recently. When they were selling proprietary licenses of various products, they weren't generating much revenue or profit. They were nosediving, and license...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Java, Schwartz, revenue, Open Source Strategy, Project GlassFish, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-20
- New CEOs, a new Sun-Intel partnership
- New CEOs, a new Sun-Intel partnershipWhat REALLY happened at the restaurant ..Schwartz: Paul, you have a rock'n chip now. Surely we should do business, right?Otellini: Nope, you schmucks dumped me 3 years ago and went to bed with AMD. So, now you realize AMD has a crummy roadmap by comparison...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, partnership, Otellini, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Schwartz, Intel Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- Spolsky on Gillmor on Schwartz and Winer
- Spolsky on Gillmor on Schwartz and WinerIt's a great experience...... to understand Steve Gillmor the first time.See my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2006/12/the_gillmorian_.htmlBye,Oliver
- Tags: Spolsky, Gillmor, Winer, Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2006-12-24
- Schwartz is right about Internet disclosure -- he just doesn't go far enough
- Schwartz is right about Internet disclosure -- he just doesn't go far enoughEnd to a scam.This reminds me of something that was happening in central IL in the 80s. The state government required buyers looking to buy property for delinquent property taxes to notify intent to buy in any...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, tax, Schwartz, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-10-03
- Sun shareholders: We want say in exec pay
- Sun shareholders: We want say in exec payno consciencemanagement have the regins of the company.The board is supposed to look into the management.Whats preventing the board and upper management from saying "I'll scratch your back, if you scratch my back". There is no one else to double check. Isnt this...
- Tags: Benefits, Corporate governance, Financial accounting, salary, compensation, board, Sun Microsystems Inc., Schwartz, shareholder
- Discussion threads 2006-09-23
- Schwartz increases sunlight on sun.com
- Schwartz increases sunlight on sun.comFinding interesting customers is not easy.Particularly when you're told them they're "old IT" and are not worth R&D.Quoting:Sun Microsystems has redistributed its roughly $2 billion research and development budget to direct its most talented engineers and funding of new projects toward Internet-based computing and away from...
- Tags: Research & Development, R&D, Greg Papadopoulos, Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-06-04
- Schwartz vs. Gartner, Dell goes AMD, Symantec, the NSA and more...
- Schwartz vs. Gartner, Dell goes AMD, Symantec, the NSA and more...The end of the fat client?David,You are dreaming. In as much as natural systems are optimized in their designs by having fat clients that connect with one another (humans / animals with local brains communicating with one another through language,...
- Tags: Schwartz, NSA, Symantec Corp., Gartner Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-18
- Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz spars with Gartner analysts
- Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz spars with Gartner analystsMr. Schwartz gets it right, finally.He observed:"We will have R&D…the innovators who create unique intellectual property have the best opportunity to go after the marketplace." Ah, "intellectual property", property, something one owns and can sell to a customer. Solaris was property, but...
- Tags: Programming languages, Yahoo Go, Gartner Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., General Electric Co., Java, Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2006-05-17
- Has Sun blown its chance?
- Has Sun blown its chance?A brilliant, unarguably correct analysis.Says everything that should be said, briefly and compellingly and with panache. The opponent of open sourcing Java to whom you linked said everything there is to say and so clearly that anyone who disagrees is only insulting his own intelligence.Bravo!RedHat...
- Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Schwartz, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-17
- Schwartz: "Innovation happens elsewhere"
- Schwartz: "Innovation happens elsewhere"Which is why Sun is going nowhere"Innovation happens elsewhere"I guess with that attitude Cringley is right, Sun's a gonner.
- Tags: Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2006-05-16
- McNealy on Schwartz: I've been working pretty hard to get him into this role
- McNealy on Schwartz: I've been working pretty hard to get him into this roleSad. I hope Schwartz is better than the guy who took over at AdobeSun is one of the most respected high tech companies. Not many live in the face of Microsoft and IBM. Sun has always had...
- Tags: Servers, Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- McNealy yields CEO role to Schwartz at Sun
- McNealy yields CEO role to Schwartz at SunIn a word: WOWGod Bless Scott McNealy and good luck.Quite a Man.
- Tags: Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- Schwartz: PCs are yesterday's technology
- Schwartz: PCs are yesterday's technologyFool talks, nobody listens...Mr Schwartz is a relic himself. Of relic of yesterday's technology. A relic from a time when UNIX mattered. In today's world, the network is the PC. Take PC technology and merge it with the Windows Vista eXPerience and you have most powerful...
- Tags: Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, Thin clients, PC, Schwartz, relic, Sun Microsystems Inc., Internet, network, computer, network computer
- Discussion threads 2005-09-23
- Sun criticizes popular open-source license
- Sun criticizes popular open-source licenseWaaah!OK, so Sun doesn't like the fact that the GPL prohibits software licensed under its terms to serve as the basis for proprietory development. That's exactly what RMS was trying to prevent when he wrote the GPL in the first place, so they're not...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, GPL, operating system, IBM Corp., software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2005-04-05
- Schwartz, the $1 warrior. But to what avail?
- Schwartz, the $1 warrior. But to what avail?N-GridIn all the meanderings I come away flat. Your question about S-F or make it Google or Amazon is like asking, rhetorically of course, why doens't IBM buy from HP? Or more obviously, why didn't Lee Iacoca drive a Chevy? You may have...
- Tags: Ego, Schwartz, Sony Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
- Schwartz hints Sun may take lead on thwarting a potential media and DRM monoculture
- Schwartz hints Sun may take lead on thwarting a potential media and DRM monocultureThat doesn't even parseAm I the only one left who remembers when even suits could learn to speak in coherent English sentences? Dan Quayle and the Georges Bush are models of clear thinking and speaking by...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), motto, Schwartz, digital-rights management, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-21
- Interpreting Sun's behavior
- Interpreting Sun's behaviorIBM is Sun's new strawmanIn 2004,. Schwartz got a lot of mileage -- and notoriety -- by taking shots at HP. Maybe for 2005 he's decided to switch targets. Surely IBM is the bigger long-term threat to Sun than HP?Plus, as his post shows, IBM's position as the...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Schwartz
- Discussion threads 2005-01-18
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