Sun to lay off 6,000 workers - bit-tech.net Forums

Bindibadgi · 17th Nov 2008, 09:48

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...6000-workers/1

Sun Microsystems is to lay off around 6,000 workers - or 18 percent of its total staff - in an attempt to return to profitability following a poor financial year

Flibblebot · 17th Nov 2008, 11:58

Sun has reinvented itself so many times over the years, this is nothing new for them.

First they started off building big servers and scientific workstations; then they moved into webservers; then thin computing; then blade servers; now software.

They've gone through so many boom/bust cycles, it's unbelievable, but they always manage to survive somehow.

It's a shame if they leave the hardware arena, though - they build some kick-ass hardware in the past, but they just couldn't compete on a price level with Intel, even if they blew Intel away in terms of performance.

kenco_uk · 17th Nov 2008, 12:30

I thought this was 6000 'The Sun' employees going and I was going to cheer from the rooftops.

Alas, more bad news for the IT sector

17th Nov 2008, 09:48	#1
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17th Nov 2008, 12:30	#3
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