Comments on: Why open source software means 2500 layoffs http://blog.mo.md/2008/07/15/why-open-source-software-means-2500-layoffs/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:25:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: nibaq http://blog.mo.md/2008/07/15/why-open-source-software-means-2500-layoffs/#comment-448 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:52:39 +0000 http://mohammadalubaydli.wordpress.com/?p=235#comment-448 Actually I think its the other way around. The quote was about a marketing team visiting people who been using open source software. That was the reason they were there to sell them hardware that can run the open source software they just downloaded.

Sun is getting rid of their programmers and focusing on their sales and marketing team but keep their hardware division. They dont need the programmers anymore they have a whole open source world programming for them. Even their proprietary stuff like Java and Solaris as open source and working with Apple in terms of their ZFS.

Sun is focusing on what they do best, hardware. They make amazing hardware that can handle all the demands of current companies demands and more. Also with the sale of hardware they can offer total software support on their controlled open source software.

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