Interview With Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz

Engadget recently grabbed a few minutes with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz. They were able to get some great information on the JavaFX Mobile platform as well as Java on the iPhone and how the struggle against Microsoft is going with respect to open source.

Re:Sun...

[njcoder]

Yes, hard to believe that a multi-billion dollar corporation with tens of thousands of employees would choose to focus on more than just one product. I guess companies like HP, Apple and IBM must have this same identity crisis?

I can just picture you running into your local Staples and yelling "Make up your mind! Are you a pen store or a staples store?"

As far as MySQL. It has always been dual licensed and some things were not always available in the community version. The things that were available under the GPL licenses will always be available. From the reports I've read, the things that are closed were in the works before Sun purchased them.

Re:Can Java help Sun's bottom line?

[BiggerIsBetter]

Two and a half thousand people out of work, and your post is emphasising the stock drop? Way to give a shit about your fellow man, dude.

Re:Can Java help Sun's bottom line?

[Anonymous Coward]

Off ***23%*** just today, you mean.

And the layoffs are no big deal. Sun has laid thousands of employees off almost every single year since 2000. Sometimes twice a year. Sun has lost almost half its value since the reverse stock split and since Schwartz took over. They lay people off, take hundreds of millions in charges related to laying off, then that reduces their profits the next quarter. So they lay more off. Yeah, that'll keep working. Morons.

Re:Sun...

[Facetious]

I guess companies like HP, Apple and IBM must have this same identity crisis?

Actually, I think there IS something of a corporate schizophrenia. It's the effect of size and complexity. My point is that Sun has had a harder time defining its corporate vision than most.

I happen to like Swartz. I think he inherited some corporate culture relics that he would rather do without.