Sun was a phenomenally successful business - but not at selling software. Software was their way to sell hardware.
A few years back, I wanted to buy stock in a software company, because I was in the software business, knew something about it, and owning stock would result in me learning more, which would benefit me doubly. Out of Sun and Adobe, and choose Sun (still love java); but after I placed the order, I realized that Sun wasn't a software company. It didn't draw significant revenue from software. I tried to change the order to Adobe, but it was too late.
I sold it years later, for half. I don't regret the loss (it's the stockmarket after all), but I do regret mistaking Sun for a software company.
A few years back, I wanted to buy stock in a software company, because I was in the software business, knew something about it, and owning stock would result in me learning more, which would benefit me doubly. Out of Sun and Adobe, and choose Sun (still love java); but after I placed the order, I realized that Sun wasn't a software company. It didn't draw significant revenue from software. I tried to change the order to Adobe, but it was too late.
I sold it years later, for half. I don't regret the loss (it's the stockmarket after all), but I do regret mistaking Sun for a software company.