SFGate - Business & Technology - Feb 04, 2010Oracle Corporation (ORCL)
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IlluminataAs the market turned toward cheaper x86 servers and free software, Sun tried to keep up but was never able to regain its footing, said Gordon Haff, an analyst with Illuminata, a market research firm "A challenge that many companies have had when you're doing so well selling old stuff (such as expensive Sparc servers) is it makes it hard to go into Solaris (operating system) and x86, which
Sun did eventually," Haff said The company's fortune took a further hit during the great recession and suffered through the long regulatory review process, which concluded with approval from the European Union last month Cook said
Sun's spirit will live on among former employees
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<span class="sent">As the market turned toward cheaper x86 servers and free software, <span class="company">Sun</span> tried to keep up but was never able to regain its footing, said <span class="analyst">Gordon Haff</span>, an analyst with Illuminata, a market research firm</span> "A challenge that many companies have had when you're doing so well selling old stuff (such as expensive Sparc servers) is it makes it hard to go into Solaris (operating system) and x86, which <span class="company">Sun</span> did eventually," Haff said The company's fortune took a further hit during the great recession and suffered through the long regulatory review process, which concluded with approval from the European Union last month Cook said <span class="company">Sun</span>'s spirit will live on among former employees
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