[rescue] Sun is purple - not blue....

[hike]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Doug Simmons <dsimmons at lib.siu.edu> wrote:

> That's it. To hell with computers, I'm going back to carpentry.
>
> Doug Simmons
> Procedures & Systems Analyst II
> Morris Library Systems
> Mail Code 6632
> Southern Illinois University
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org] On
> Behalf Of Mark Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:15 AM
> To: The Rescue List
> Subject: [rescue] Sun is purple - not blue....
>
> Not sure if anyone has been watching this - some depressing news ...
>
> http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/ibm-in-talks-to-buy-sun-mic
> rosystems/<http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/ibm-in-talks-to-buy-sun-mic%0Arosystems/>
>
> sigh
>
> /M
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sun has been in demise for years.
their back-breaking deal with microsoft marked the beginning of the end  (as
similar deals that other, now defunct, companies made with microsoft).
their help of microsoft in the sco fiasco was an indication of just how
desparate they were.
solaris & opensolaris have been shifting to linux for years.

sunos/bsd was great though!