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jgarifuna	made me money	Love	September 09, 2009
strawdog	A loser for me	Hate	September 05, 2009
Southeast	no movement	Hate	September 04, 2009
kaneco	It never moves	Hate	July 31, 2009
barrons3	Microsoft? No thanks. Why not own the better operating system of Apple or the secular growth of Salesforce.com (CRM), which will explode if spending comes back, or Oracle (ORCL), which will integrate Sun (JAVA) well?	Love	July 30, 2009
Frustrated	own some	Hate	July 08, 2009
22summertime22	LOSER	Hate	July 08, 2009
barrons3	We've seen it going on since the market bottom, the endless driving of tech higher and higher. We get the wireless bottom, thanks Nokia (NOK); the personal computer bottom, thanks Intel (INTC); the gadget bottom, thanks Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM); the TV bottom, thanks Corning (GLW) and Best Buy (BBY); the software bottom, thanks to Oracle (ORCL) buying Sun Microsystems (JAVA) for its software and IBM (IBM) celebrating its software on its quarter; and the dot-com bottom represented by great earnings from Google (GOOG) and decent numbers from rejuvenated management teams at Yahoo! (YHOO) and eBay (EBAY).	Love	April 23, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"It is tech that most intrigues me. I don't like it when companies that preannounce good have to give you an actual report, because unless it is better than good, you typically get a free short. That is how IBM (IBM) feels to me and I suspect it will be down tomorrow for not having enough juice. I am sure someone will downgrade it thinking, 'A-ha -- this is why it needed Sun Micro (JAVA)!'" (<a href="http://jimcramer.rmblogs.thestreet.com/entry.aspx?q=7efa00ea-230d-478f-b657-9bf10132e0b5" target="_blank">"Deciphering the Washout," April 20, 2009</a>)	Love	April 21, 2009
PatagueJP	Don't know when to take a deal	Hate	April 17, 2009
ndemczuk	messed up deal with IBM	Hate	April 16, 2009
k. w. moore, sr.	seems stagnant	Hate	April 15, 2009
Millennm	let investors down since 1999.	Hate	April 03, 2009
msulli4313	takeover	Love	March 23, 2009
jennjun	Sun does not seem to be gaining market share.	Hate	March 06, 2009
newinvestor28	this was my speculative choice	Love	January 29, 2009
pkh	BAD ELECTRICS	Hate	December 11, 2008
karen.lehman	own it	Hate	November 25, 2008
barrons3	Southeastern Asset Management converted its passive 13G filing to a 13D filing, and has disclosed that it has talked with Sun Micro's management, and will have additional conversations with management and/or third parties regarding opportunities to maximize the company's value for all shareholders.	Love	November 01, 2008
barrons3	Southeastern Asset Management will continue discussions with Sun's management or third parties regarding ways to maximize shareholder value, and might suggest actions to assist in boosting or realizing that value. Southeastern reported ownership of about 160.57 million shares (21.2% of the total outstanding).	Love	October 25, 2008
jeffpc	Can't seem to make it work.	Hate	September 02, 2008
sarah z	The Santa Carla, CA-based maker of networking systems announced that its board approved the buyback of up to $1 billion in common stock. This plan comes in additions to the $3 billion-dollar program that was announced in the fourth quarter of 2007. Under this plan, about $37 million remain. The company added that the repurchases will be made from time to time and have no expiration date. Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems said, "With $3.3 billion in cash and marketable debt securities, we have maintained a strong balance sheet and feel confident that this program will allow us to further pursue strategic opportunities for growth." The buyback was announced with Sun’s disappointing fourth quarter earnings. During the quarter profit dropped 73% to $88 million, or 11 cents a share, down from $329 million, or 36 cents a share in the same period last year. Analysts were expecting 27 cents a share. Quarterly revenue came in at $3.78 billion, versus $3.84 bill in the year-ago period. After the company forecasted a “slight” sales decline in the first quarter and hinted that it wouldn’t make a profit, shares plunged 13%. JAVA noted that economic pressures and restructuring changes will continue to hurt their bottom-line.	Love	August 13, 2008
sarah z	The Santa Carla, CA-based maker of networking systems announced that its board approved the buyback of up to $1 billion in common stock. This plan comes in additions to the $3 billion-dollar program that was announced in the fourth quarter of 2007. Under this plan, about $37 million remain. The company added that the repurchases will be made from time to time and have no expiration date. Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems said, "With $3.3 billion in cash and marketable debt securities, we have maintained a strong balance sheet and feel confident that this program will allow us to further pursue strategic opportunities for growth." The buyback was announced with Sun’s disappointing fourth quarter earnings. During the quarter profit dropped 73% to $88 million, or 11 cents a share, down from $329 million, or 36 cents a share in the same period last year. Analysts were expecting 27 cents a share. Quarterly revenue came in at $3.78 billion, versus $3.84 bill in the year-ago period. After the company forecasted a “slight” sales decline in the first quarter and hinted that it wouldn’t make a profit, shares plunged 13%. JAVA noted that economic pressures and restructuring changes will continue to hurt their bottom-line.	Love	August 06, 2008
shredette	LOST A LOT OF MONEY	Hate	July 18, 2008
barrons2	Sell - Price 12.89 on May 27 by Standard & Poor's Downgrading from Buy to Sell: We foresee intensifying competition for servers as spending on information-technology goods decelerates over the next 12 months. Adding uncertainty to near-term results are the ongoing integration of the MySQL acquisition and a restructuring plan. Transitioning to EPS estimates that exclude charges for acquisitions and restructuring, we forecast EPS of 78 cents for fiscal-year '08 (June), and $1 for FY09. Applying a P/E of 12 times (below peers), to reflect the higher risk that we see to our 12-month forward EPS estimate of 89 cents, we're lowering our target to 11 from 16. Market cap: $10.2 billion.	Love	May 31, 2008
neilson31	very affordable and many potential	Love	May 10, 2008
barrons2	But viewing Sun's results, you have to worry that the company has become not a slow grower but a no-grower. That's a disturbing thought: A company that has long been considered one of the most innovative outfits in the Valley can't figure out how to increase its revenue even one iota, and it can't seem to get beyond fractional profits. It is good news that Sun is taking steps to get costs under control, but ultimately, Sun has to find a way to grow again. Bottom-fishers will note that it is no longer an expensive stock. Now under $13, Sun has a market cap of about $11.5 billion; it has net cash and investments of about $2.5 billion. So you get Sun for $9 billion -- a company that this year should produce about $14 billion in revenue. But with scant profits, and zero growth, I see no easy options for the company; it is too early to bet on a turnaround.	Love	May 03, 2008
barrons2	You take stocks that used to be important, stocks like SanDisk (SNDK), and Sun Micro (JAVA), or IAC (IACI) and Marvell (MRVL) and you can't believe the declines. They are stunning.	Love	April 03, 2008
Laminarman	Burned in the past	Hate	March 30, 2008
ankit1283	I love programming	Love	February 29, 2008