A little time has past since the announcement that Oracle would acquire Sun. While there are still many unanswered questions, I thought I’d post a quick update on the topic.

The first topic I’ll cover is the Sun hardware business. From a recent interview with Larry (via Ostatic):

Generally speaking you get 90% of the functionality for 10% of the cost. However, in many cases you get more functionality for a lower cost. For example, many of the open source products "grew up" in the Web 2.0 world, so they were made from day one with security and MASSIVE scale as part of their design requirements.

Over the past 18 months, the global economic malaise has presented huge challenges for many businesses. Revenue challenges are driving a tremendous level of corporate introspection. Much of what was taken for granted, or assumed to be untouchable, is now coming under the corporate eye for review and justification. What should be kept, what should be changed, what can be changed, and what should be shut down or sold off are serious questions being faced by nearly all businesses that I talk with.

Over the past 18 months, the global economic malaise has presented huge challenges for many businesses. Revenue challenges are driving a tremendous level of corporate introspection. Much of what was taken for granted, or assumed to be untouchable, is now coming under the corporate eye for review and justification. What should be kept, what should be changed, what can be changed, and what should be shut down or sold off are serious questions being faced by nearly all businesses that I talk with.