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I didn't realize the Sun campus was empty. It's a strange place. Not walking distance to anything, not train adjacent, not school adjacent, .... The building

by seiji 16y ago

I didn't realize the Sun campus was empty. It's a strange place. Not walking distance to anything, not train adjacent, not school adjacent, .... The buildings are pretty though. It's the perfect location for a middle-aged company to become isolated and slip into irrelevance.

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alexgartrell 16y ago
Are you suggesting that Facebook is going to become isolated and slip into irrelevance, or stating that Sun did?
nano81 16y ago
It's a strange place. Not walking distance to anything, not train adjacent, not school adjacent, .... The buildings are pretty though. I haven't been to the Sun campus, but does the Google campus in Mountain View not share these traits?
- seiji 16y ago
  That did cross my mind. Differences: google is right off the interstate, it's attached to a concert venue/park/golf course/bike trails/running trails, it's walking distance to dozens of other tech companies, and it's next to downtown mountain view. So, google still comes out ahead.
  - enf 16y ago
    "Next to downtown Mountain View" is giving it too much credit -- the Googleplex is two miles from downtown, and is nigh-unwalkable. But it is a matter of degrees -- Google's location is bad but the Sun campus's location is awful.
    - seiji 16y ago
      Very true. In my brain, Google is topologically closer to downtown MV than the Sun campus is to any vestige of civilization.
  - kristopher 16y ago
    There's an in-n-out, if that makes any difference. Plus, you can bike to the caltrain station if need be.
rbanffy 16y ago
I doubt real estate choices had anything to do with Sun's demise.
scommab 16y ago
At least at one point facebook gave it's employees a bonus for living close to work. Wonder if will (does?) still exist. If so I wonder if maybe they could start to revitalize the East Menlo Park area.
cadr 16y ago
But it is close to TechShop!
georgieporgie 16y ago
Assuming they mean this location: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.481601,-122.148657&z=15 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.481601,-122.148657&z=1... I worked near there around 2002 and was recently pleased to see that local business has really expanded since then. I dare say you could actually walk to a burrito or coffee now. As a bonus, it's in the part of "Menlo Park" that's basically East Palo Alto. Driving around there in the evening wasn't something I relished. Maybe the Ikea has improved things, though...

by seiji 16y ago

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alexgartrell 16y ago

Are you suggesting that Facebook is going to become isolated and slip into irrelevance, or stating that Sun did?

nano81 16y ago

It's a strange place. Not walking distance to anything, not train adjacent, not school adjacent, .... The buildings are pretty though. I haven't been to the Sun campus, but does the Google campus in Mountain View not share these traits?

seiji 16y ago
That did cross my mind. Differences: google is right off the interstate, it's attached to a concert venue/park/golf course/bike trails/running trails, it's walking distance to dozens of other tech companies, and it's next to downtown mountain view. So, google still comes out ahead.
- enf 16y ago
  "Next to downtown Mountain View" is giving it too much credit -- the Googleplex is two miles from downtown, and is nigh-unwalkable. But it is a matter of degrees -- Google's location is bad but the Sun campus's location is awful.
  - seiji 16y ago
    Very true. In my brain, Google is topologically closer to downtown MV than the Sun campus is to any vestige of civilization.
- kristopher 16y ago
  There's an in-n-out, if that makes any difference. Plus, you can bike to the caltrain station if need be.

rbanffy 16y ago

I doubt real estate choices had anything to do with Sun's demise.

scommab 16y ago

At least at one point facebook gave it's employees a bonus for living close to work. Wonder if will (does?) still exist. If so I wonder if maybe they could start to revitalize the East Menlo Park area.

cadr 16y ago

But it is close to TechShop!

georgieporgie 16y ago

Assuming they mean this location: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.481601,-122.148657&z=15 http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.481601,-122.148657&z=1... I worked near there around 2002 and was recently pleased to see that local business has really expanded since then. I dare say you could actually walk to a burrito or coffee now. As a bonus, it's in the part of "Menlo Park" that's basically East Palo Alto. Driving around there in the evening wasn't something I relished. Maybe the Ikea has improved things, though...