Reprinted CHINABYTE:
Http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/2004-09-22/1426429872.shtml
Sun Microsystems' officials are rarely known. However, Sun New Chief Operation Officer (COO) stated that the company has corrected the mistake in modesty tone.
Jonathan Schwartz, Chief Operating Officer, said that after the network foam is shattered, the Sun does not provide users' needs, which is the use of Intel processors and products compatible with Microsoftware and IBM mainframe.
Schwartz said this situation now has changed. Sun has been punished in the past three years. However, in the recent quarter, Sun recovered growth.
At the quarterly new product conference held in Tuesday, Sun released a number of new products and planned from the competitors such as IBM, Dell and Red Hat to some market share. These companies have captured some market share from Sun. In the new product, Sun has released some new projects: a plan is calculated according to the price of 1 US dollars per handle, providing 24-hour technical support for the Linux operating system; new StorEdge 6920 mid-range storage system; There is a promotion that provides users with $ 560 to $ 1250 loans for switching the Sun's Server of the Intel Xeon processor and the AMD Opteron processor.
Schwartz is not only one who recognizes the wrong person. Schkott. Schkott. McNil on Tuesday, in the network conversation to the X86 server without promotional Solaris operating system. He said that Schwartz and Chief Technologies Greg Papadopoulos are working hard to correct this mistake. McNile said that I did not drive the sales of this product as soon as possible, I should be criticized. I am entrusting Jonathan and Greg to use the Solaris operating system X86 server as part of our strategy.
Sageza Group Research Company analyst Clay Ryder said Sun is showing the spirit of competition in the past. When in adversity, Sun is very good. Due to more success in the late 1990s, they have grown, numb and complacent.
The development of Linux has made Sun a lot of losses. Schwartz said that Linux growth is at the expense of Sun's loss. It is now a piece of farmers. Sun wants to seek more market opportunities here. SUN has a relationship with Red Hat. However, Schwartz clearly said that the company is in a preferred position is the Solaris operating system. We absolutely use the Red Hat as a competitor. (Chinabyte)
