Comments on: Departing Sun Co-Founder Keeping His Business Cards http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081023/sun-posts-q1-co-founder-loss/ by John Paczkowski Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nathaniel Dimtricus http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081023/sun-posts-q1-co-founder-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 Nathaniel Dimtricus Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:54:58 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=7267#comment-3460 Energy is the new name of the game. Sun Servers are only a means to an end. Think Sun Energysystems. Energy is the new name of the game. Sun Servers are only a means to an end. Think Sun Energysystems.

]]> By: Sam Harrison http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081023/sun-posts-q1-co-founder-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Sam Harrison Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:30:47 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=7267#comment-3144 sun reached its zenith in 1999 and since then hasn't been competitive in pricing its products. that's what killed it...intel and dell caught up in performance with much lower-cost servers running LAMP there's no NEED to run Solaris or have a Sparc for $100k a shot the best thing sun could do is stop trying to sell their cadillac guzzler servers and be a software firm 100% the hardware biz is dead to its high-priced boxes and always will be ask yourself: would keliner perkins fund sun today with its bloated costs and overpriced product that few will buy? a junior mba associate would reply: "the market's commoditized and we see no niche for your solution. Stay in touch when you find a market or adjust product lines for a market" sun reached its zenith in 1999 and since then hasn’t been competitive in pricing its products. that’s what killed it…intel and dell caught up in performance with much lower-cost servers running LAMP

there’s no NEED to run Solaris or have a Sparc for $100k a shot

the best thing sun could do is stop trying to sell their cadillac guzzler servers and be a software firm 100%

the hardware biz is dead to its high-priced boxes and always will be

ask yourself: would keliner perkins fund sun today with its bloated costs and overpriced product that few will buy?

a junior mba associate would reply: “the market’s commoditized and we see no niche for your solution. Stay in touch when you find a market or adjust product lines for a market”

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