[Am-info] Sun Is Back In The Black

[Fred A. Miller]

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Sun Is Back In The Black

Sun Microsystems reported Thursday that it has climbed back into=20
the black with a $20 million profit on $3.4 billion in revenue=20
for its fourth fiscal quarter, ended June 30. The company, which=20
posted a $37 million loss for the third quarter, beat its numbers=20
from the fourth quarter of 2001, when it lost $88 million on $4.0=20
billion in revenue.

Sun achieved gains in the low-end server space through sales of=20
its UltraSparc III processor-based products such as the Sun Fire=20
V880 two-way, four-way, and eight-way servers and the Sun Fire=20
280R rack-mountable two-way server. It also increased sales of=20
its high-end UltraSparc III processor-based products such as the=20
Sun Fire 6800 and Sun Fire 15K mainframe replacement servers.

For the full fiscal year, Sun lost $628 million on $12.5 billion=20
in revenue, compared with a profit of $927 million on $18.3=20
billion in revenue in fiscal 2001. Sun finished fiscal 2002 with=20
a cash balance of $5.9 billion. - Larry Greenemeier

For more, read:
New Sun Products Comply With Liberty Alliance Standards
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeIBE0Bce7K0Cf20BfW80AL

Sun Closes Servers Price Gap
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeIBE0Bce7K0Cf20Bet40Aj

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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