Jonathan Schwartz's BlogJonathan Schwartz's BlogFree Virtualization, and Sun's Q2 Results- January 30, 2008 Please read the luculent Safe Harbor Statement at the bottom of this page.... We released our official earnings on Thursday last week, after pre-announcing the news one week prior alongside the announcement of our intent to acquire MySQL. Our second quarter financial announcement came down to this: we doubled our profitability compared to a year ago, with $260 million in net income on revenues of $3.6 billion, while generating $336 million in cash from operations. We also repurchased...http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/comments_on_q2 In a Vortex- January 19, 2008 In a vortex. That's the only way to describe the past thirty days, during which we closed out our second quarter, and put together the transaction to acquire MySQL. How'd it all start "That'll never happen, I've been trying for years." That's what I told Rich Green (EVP, Software at Sun) about six months ago in response to his assertion, "if there were one company I'd love to acquire, it'd be MySQL. They're an amazing company." Why'd I say it was impossible For nearly five years, I've...http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/in_a_vortex Helping Dolphins Fly- January 16, 2008 We announced big news today - our preliminary results for our fiscal second quarter, and as importantly, that we're acquiring MySQL AB. If you're interested in the financial details for the quarter, tune in to our conference call (see details on sun.com) today - we'll obviously have more to say as we release our formal results on January 24th. But the biggest news of the day is... we're putting a billion dollars behind the M in LAMP. If you're an industry insider, you'll know what that...http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_change_are_blowing |