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It's a real shame we lost Sun. It was such an innovative company when it came to technology - one of the few examples of really engineering led software teams w
by jplayer01 8y ago
It's a real shame we lost Sun. It was such an innovative company when it came to technology - one of the few examples of really engineering led software teams where management had no say in technical decisions. Unfortunately, the market doesn't really reward world class technical solutions/expertise. I'm still not sure what it rewards. Predatory business practices a la Oracle?
- anoncoward111 8y agoI'm not sure if "rewards" is the correct verb for what is going on. Rather, I would say that the market "is succeptible to near-permanent exploitation by businesses like Oracle whose services cost way more than the value they deliver"
- jplayer01 8y agoYou put it better than I ever could, thanks.
- anoncoward111 8y agoNo worries!! I worked at Sun/StorageTek as it was being folded into Oracle. It was a hideous, disgusting process that saw more politics and internal lies than I ever thought possible. Google and Salesforce got burned pretty hard by Oracle canceling new tape development and manufacturing :(