> I think Sun is doomed, but I've been saying that for the past 15 years. I think Sun as we know it is doomed, but they still are sitting on a ton of amazing I

> I think Sun is doomed, but I've been saying that for the past 15 years. I think Sun as we know it is doomed, but they still are sitting on a ton of amazing IP - Current generation of SPARC, Solaris, Java, MySQL, etc. Question is where do they go from here? There are strategic mergers with outfits like IBM and Fujitsu, but I don't think they are compelling enough... I think those will only really come about if Sun detonates and needs to be sold off - which I don't think is likely right now. They also appear to have bypassed the whole "cloud" bit entirely. Even if you're skeptical on the cloud it might be a risk worth taking for Sun. It's a new market at least, and it's a growing market. They've got the hardware experience, Java and MySQL. These would all make a good basis for a cloud play.