[lbo-talk] Why I am not rich

[joanna bujes]

It's hard to say. There are weekly communiques from Scott McNealy, but 
so far, I've managed to ignore them. I'd say the heat is on, definitely. 
I would also say that in terms of intensity of self-delusion, this is 
nothing unusual in the corporate world.

Joanna

Kendall Clark wrote:


>>        Make money.
>>        Grow.
>>        Re-enlist champions.
>>        Leverage our partners.
>>        Simplify our business.
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>>Thanks,
>>Jonathan
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>Is this kind of claptrap usual at Sun (the place that banned
>Powerpoint) or is this Sun feeling the heat re: Linux? The new kernel,
>2.6 series, really erases most of the remaining legitimate objections
>Sun could make on behalf of Solaris against Linux in the most
>high-performance scenarious like data centers. There have been lots of
>open rumors lately about Sun acquiring SuSE or  Novell for their Linux
>biz/position. (Which makes a weird kind of sense, even with the
>Solaris x86 port...)
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>I have lots and lots of friends and colleagues at Sun, but this is the
>first time I've heard such rampantly stupid, managerial internal
>propaganda.
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>Just wondering...
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>Kendall Clark
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