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Hi quertyuiop924, I just got the page about this Sev-2 Sun Microsystems comment on HN, and I am working this ticket. If you haven't already, please see our doc

Hi quertyuiop924, I just got the page about this Sev-2 Sun Microsystems comment on HN, and I am working this ticket. If you haven't already, please see our docs on Why Sun Microsystems Failed[1]. If I don't hear back from you, I will mark this ticket as closed. Thank you for only remembering Sun Microsystems with kindness, and have a great day! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2287033

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Not bad, Bryan. And some interesting history, too. Don't get me wrong, Sun was a great company, but like all companies, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. You've said as much yourself before. I wished to point out that there was a time that Sun wasn't as beloved, and to indicate some of the reasons that we don't talk about some of Sun's less savory actions so much on HN. If, as an ex-Sun employee, you find this insulting (and the trace elements of sarcasm indicate that this may be so), than I will inform you that it certainly wasn't meant to be so, although I now see why it may come off that way. Thank you for responding to my ticket, and have a great day!
- rbanffy 10y ago
  Scott McNeally was great fun. Jonathan Schwartz not that much. The confusion about wether it was a hardware company or a software one drove it into the ground. Worse... Right into Oracle.
  - qwertyuiop924 10y ago
    That's all certainly true. I never said that Sun died for its sins or anything. That's not what I meant at all... Sun was a pretty good company.
- bcantrill 10y ago
  No worries -- I didn't find it insulting at all. Marking this ticket resolved! ;)
merb 10y ago
I love your video and your comment: > https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2132 https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2132 > Make money, make money! :D
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  My favorite is the line about not anthopomorphizing Oracle. Or, from one of his other talks, The Nazis in Oracle allegories.

qwertyuiop924 10y ago

Not bad, Bryan. And some interesting history, too. Don't get me wrong, Sun was a great company, but like all companies, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. You've said as much yourself before. I wished to point out that there was a time that Sun wasn't as beloved, and to indicate some of the reasons that we don't talk about some of Sun's less savory actions so much on HN. If, as an ex-Sun employee, you find this insulting (and the trace elements of sarcasm indicate that this may be so), than I will inform you that it certainly wasn't meant to be so, although I now see why it may come off that way. Thank you for responding to my ticket, and have a great day!

rbanffy 10y ago
Scott McNeally was great fun. Jonathan Schwartz not that much. The confusion about wether it was a hardware company or a software one drove it into the ground. Worse... Right into Oracle.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago
  That's all certainly true. I never said that Sun died for its sins or anything. That's not what I meant at all... Sun was a pretty good company.
bcantrill 10y ago
No worries -- I didn't find it insulting at all. Marking this ticket resolved! ;)

merb 10y ago

I love your video and your comment: > https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2132 https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2132 > Make money, make money! :D

qwertyuiop924 10y ago
My favorite is the line about not anthopomorphizing Oracle. Or, from one of his other talks, The Nazis in Oracle allegories.