Gordon Haff
Gordon Haff
companies content happy jobs leave people reasonably
People do not typically leave companies if they are deliriously happy with their roles, but sometimes even people who are reasonably content with their jobs find better opportunities that come along.
clear pervasive visible
It's still not clear how visible that will be. I don't think it will be pervasive in 2006.
base boost company given niagara speed sun systems
Sun has given a speed boost to its installed base as the company focuses on x64 systems and the forthcoming Niagara processor,
adopt core either slower stick
Enterprises must either adopt multi core or stick with slower chips.
changing direction general number people scope small struggling
I see this as fine-tuning more than changing direction. Obviously, they're struggling financially, but in general this is a small number of people in the scope of things at Sun.
comparable performance
They are all comparable in performance for high-end, non-X86 architectures.
announced galaxy generation good grabbing
This isn't a new generation of servers aimed at grabbing a lot of new-to-Sun business. That's what the Galaxy server it just announced is for. But this is a good upgrade.
although publicity received
This isn't even really an open-source issue, although it's received a lot of publicity in that context.
asset base great huge protection provides system upgrade
This announcement of yet another no-hassle SPARC system upgrade provides great asset protection to Sun's huge base of applications and customers.
costs reducing security
This is about reducing administrative costs more than about security.
apple bigger higher liked notebook percentage power sell
This is a bigger story for Apple than for Intel. Apple liked Intel's roadmap better than that of Power PC, and the idea is that they will now sell a higher percentage of notebook computers.
cement certainly chip current fast helps strong
A fast chip got faster. This certainly helps to cement their strong current position.
buying consider deliver focused leverage lined managers market money price research saving spend work
Dell has had a very focused strategy: Don't spend a lot on research and development, leverage the work of others, and deliver cookie-cutter servers and desktops cheaply. That lined up well with the market when saving money was in. But IT managers have to consider more than price now in making buying decisions.
boxes buying coming era good problems run selling solving
Dell has had a really good run selling essentially cookie-cutter rack-mount servers. But the era of solving problems by just buying more boxes is coming to a close.