Sun reports financial results for 2Q FY2009

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jan 27, 2009

Sun today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, ending December 28, 2008.

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 were $3.220 billion, a decrease of 10.9 percent as compared with $3.615 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, and an increase of 7.7 percent as compared with $2.990 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 41.9, a decrease of 6.6 percentage points as compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2008 and an increase of 1.7 percentage points as compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2009.

Net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 on a GAAP basis was $209 million, or $(0.28) per share on a diluted basis, as compared with a net income of $260 million, or $0.31 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with a net loss of $1.677 billion, or $(2.24) per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. GAAP net loss per share includes a restructuring charge of $222 million primarily related to the restructuring announcement of November 2008.

On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 was $114 million, or $0.15 per share on a diluted basis, as compared with a non-GAAP net income of $409 million, or $0.50 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, and compared with a non-GAAP net loss of $65 million, or $(0.09) per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2009. Non-GAAP net income per share excludes purchased in-process research and development, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, stock-based compensation, restructuring and related impairment of long-lived assets, impairment of goodwill, net gain or loss on equity investments and the tax effect of these non-GAAP adjustments.

Sun ended the quarter with a cash and marketable debt securities balance of $3.008 billion and generated cash flow from operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $36 million.

Sun opens new Eco-Responsible Data Center

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jan 26, 2009

Sun has opened it’s latest ecologically-friendly energy-efficient data center in Broomfield, Colorado.

It has been also announced that Sun intends to become an endorser for the European Code of Conduct for Data Centers, designed to reduce energy consumption.

Update: Here’s a video showing off the new facility.

Site Updates

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jan 23, 2009

I’ve redone the lawsuit saga page; it’s hard to believe that it happened almost nine years ago.

Unfortunately, all of my contacts at Sun are long gone and I no longer have any sort of liaison or current contact at the company.

I encountered Mr. Karczewski in a different context in 2005 and we remembered each other and had a good laugh.

This weekend I’ll be working on updating and organizing the serial port pinout pages.

Scott McNealy advises on Open Source in Government

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jan 21, 2009

In this BBC News article, Scott McNealy talks about how he was asked to prepare a paper for the Obama administration about the use of Open Source technologies and products in government.

Sun JES Web Server released as Open Source

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jan 15, 2009

Sun has released the Java Enterprise System Web Server 7.0 (formerly known as the SunONE Web Server, iPlanet Web Server, and Netscape Enterprise Web Server).

The released code is known as the Open Web Server.

ksh93 updated in Solaris 11 Builds

Posted by Bill Bradford on Jan 1, 2009

Roland Mainz sent me a note that Ksh93-integration update1 has been “putback” into Solaris 11 build 106.

Screenshots can be found here and the main project page here.

This updates ksh93 in OpenSolaris to a newer version, and adds new utilities such as a shell script compiler.