"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd in short term"

Re:"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd ... by nunez on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:10PM (#13081780)

"Nobody's gotten fired for buying, uh, Oracle."

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Re:"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd ... by niels_olson on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:35PM (#13082054)

Browse federal websites and check how many Sun icons you still see. My hypothesis: Oracle killed Solaris once they realized USDS and 18F had solid long term growth prospects.

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Re:"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd ... by ci5er on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:48PM (#13082808)

I don't track these things closely, but hasn't 18F come to be considered a disappointment in terms of results-per-dollar-spent, so far? (Not to mention results-per-unit-hype)

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Re:"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd ... by niels_olson on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:10AM (#13086458)

I think between USDS and 18F, 18F has been showing more stable growth and they're on an eat-what-you-kill budget.

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Re:"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd ... by ci5er on Friday December 02, 2016 @01:42AM (#13086628)

Good to know. I've been more-or-less able to keep clear of the government purchasing super-fun-games for a few years and anything I may have ever known about that world has gotten stale. Thanks!

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