Sun Microsystems Tumbled

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
MySQL people. MySQL.

Demand is only going up.

That certainly explains the huge surge in demand for the stock.

MySQL demand

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
MySQL people. MySQL.

Demand is only going up.

Demand is going up because it is free and a breeze to configure.

The only way Sun will make money is if they charge for support. If they charge for the product people would move on to something else that is free.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
MySQL people. MySQL.

Demand is only going up.

Demand is going up because it is free and a breeze to configure.

The only way Sun will make money is if they charge for support.

A breeze to configure? To get running OOB yes. To tune for high performance? That can be annoying sometimes.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: JS80
What do they even sell today? How are they still in business?

I thought that Sun was still in business because of their servers, not their software solutions

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: jjsole
Darn, that's why I haven't picked up any volatility in SUNW lately, I used to trade it a lot. :frown:

Anyhow, because a stock is down 20% overnight certainly doesn't automatically make it a good deal.

Yeah I used to trade SUNW too. One of the former four horsemen. I remember when the stock was $100/shr. It's one of the few stocks I got out in time during the dotcom boom/bust.

Why this company haven't sold all its assets and distribute the proceeds to the shareholders is a mystery. The company as is is just paycheck machine for the management goons.

Did they have a reverse split? I may be confused but thought it was a $5 stock or something.

 

[brownzilla786]

wait 1-2 weeks for prices to settle, then see if its worth it or not.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: jjsole
Darn, that's why I haven't picked up any volatility in SUNW lately, I used to trade it a lot. :frown:

Anyhow, because a stock is down 20% overnight certainly doesn't automatically make it a good deal.

Yeah I used to trade SUNW too. One of the former four horsemen. I remember when the stock was $100/shr. It's one of the few stocks I got out in time during the dotcom boom/bust.

Why this company haven't sold all its assets and distribute the proceeds to the shareholders is a mystery. The company as is is just paycheck machine for the management goons.

Did they have a reverse split? I may be confused but thought it was a $5 stock or something.

They did a 1:4 reverse split.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: jjsole
Darn, that's why I haven't picked up any volatility in SUNW lately, I used to trade it a lot. :frown:

Anyhow, because a stock is down 20% overnight certainly doesn't automatically make it a good deal.

Yeah I used to trade SUNW too. One of the former four horsemen. I remember when the stock was $100/shr. It's one of the few stocks I got out in time during the dotcom boom/bust.

Why this company haven't sold all its assets and distribute the proceeds to the shareholders is a mystery. The company as is is just paycheck machine for the management goons.

Did they have a reverse split? I may be confused but thought it was a $5 stock or something.

Yeah, they did 1 for 4 reverse split and changed their symbol to JAVA from SUNW. Losers. Focusing on cosmetic instead of focusing on the business and profit.

 

[imported_Lothar]

Ha! Beat ya.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Lothar

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: jjsole
Darn, that's why I haven't picked up any volatility in SUNW lately, I used to trade it a lot. :frown:

Anyhow, because a stock is down 20% overnight certainly doesn't automatically make it a good deal.

Yeah I used to trade SUNW too. One of the former four horsemen. I remember when the stock was $100/shr. It's one of the few stocks I got out in time during the dotcom boom/bust.

Why this company haven't sold all its assets and distribute the proceeds to the shareholders is a mystery. The company as is is just paycheck machine for the management goons.

Did they have a reverse split? I may be confused but thought it was a $5 stock or something.

They did a 1:4 reverse split.

I figured it would be to much to assume they got their sh!t together...that's like a $3.15 stock price of old, lol.

 

[imported_Lothar]

I have no idea what exactly they do and how they earn their money, just like most companies in the tech sector.
The only thing I know about MySQL is the error I got once in a while when browsing some websites. I haven't seen that error in at least 3-5 years.

I'll stick to companies I know very well in tech.
HPQ that is.

 

[manlymatt83]

HPQ = HP?

 

[imported_Lothar]

Depends on what "HP" means to you...
If it's "horse power", then the answer is no to your question.