http://pulse2.com/2009/08/30/sun-microsystems-sales-decline-147-million/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://pulse2.com/2009/08/30/sun-microsystems-sales-decline-147-million/comment-page-1/#comment-29062 Balder Verberne Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:29:39 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=19498#comment-29062 SUN is often mentioned as the inventor of Java, which is true, but primarily SUN is a hardware company; Unix- and x86-servers comprise about 90% of total revenues. This dependance on hardware is the primary reason behind the current fall in revenues. And probably this also was a main reason for SUN to put itself up for sale. Still, the main reason is probably the receeding popularity of UNIX, and UNIX servers. This downward UNIX-trend is undermining SUNs core business. SUN is often mentioned as the inventor of Java, which is true, but primarily SUN is a hardware company; Unix- and x86-servers comprise about 90% of total revenues.
This dependance on hardware is the primary reason behind the current fall in revenues. And probably this also was a main reason for SUN to put itself up for sale. Still, the main reason is probably the receeding popularity of UNIX, and UNIX servers. This downward UNIX-trend is undermining SUNs core business.

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