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【按】以下是Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz发给全体员工的电邮，中文译文来自赛迪网。

From: Jonathan I. Schwartz
To: allsun@sun.com
Subject: Today’s Sun/Oracle Announcement
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:34:16 -0700 (07:34 EDT)

Today’s Sun/Oracle Announcement

This is one of the toughest emails I’ve ever had to write.

It’s also one of the most hopeful about Sun’s future in the industry.

For 27 years, Sun has stood for courage, innovation, a willingness to blaze trails, to envision and engineer the future. No matter our ups and downs, we’ve remained committed to those ideals, and to the R&D that’s allowed us to differentiate. We’ve committed to decade long pursuits, from the evolution of one of the world’s most powerful datacenter operating systems, to one of the world’s most advanced multi-core microelectronics. We’ve never walked away from the wholesale reinvention of business models, the redefinition of technology boundaries or the pursuit of new routes to market.

Because of the unparalleled talent at Sun, we’ve also fueled entire industries with our people and technologies, and fostered extraordinary companies and market successes. Our products and services have driven the discovery of new drugs, transformed social media, and created a better understanding of the world and marketplace around us. All, while we’ve undergone a near constant transformation in the face of a rapidly changing marketplace and global economy. We’ve never walked away from a challenge – or an opportunity.

So today we take another step forward in our journey, but along a different path – by announcing that this weekend, our board of directors and I approved the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by the Oracle Corporation for $9.50/share in cash. All members of the board present at the meeting to review the transaction voted for it with enthusiasm, and the transaction stands to utterly transform the marketplace – bringing together two companies with a long history of working together to create a newly unified vision of the future.

Oracle’s interest in Sun is very clear – they aspire to help customers simplify the development, deployment and operation of high value business systems, from applications all the way to datacenters. By acquiring Sun, Oracle will be well positioned to help customers solve the most complex technology problems related to running a business.

To me, this proposed acquisition totally redefines the industry, resetting the competitive landscape by creating a company with great reach, expertise and innovation. A combined Oracle/Sun will be capable of cultivating one of the world’s most vibrant and far reaching developer communities, accelerating the convergence of storage, networking and computing, and delivering one of the world’s most powerful and complete portfolios of business and technical software.

I do not consider the announcement to be the end of the road, not by any stretch of the imagination. I believe this is the first step down a different path, one that takes us and our innovations to an even broader market, one that ensures the ubiquitous role we play in the world around us. The deal was announced today, and, after regulatory review and shareholder approval, will take some months to close – until that close occurs, however, we are a separate company, operating independently. No matter how long it takes, the world changed starting today.

But it’s important to note it’s not the acquisition that’s changing the world – it’s the people that fuel both companies. Having spent a considerable amount of time talking to Oracle, let me assure you they are single minded in their focus on the one asset that doesn’t appear in our financial statements: our people. That’s their highest priority – creating an inviting and compelling environment in which our brightest minds can continue to invent and deliver the future.

Thank you for everything you’ve done over the years, and for everything you will do in the future to carry the business forward. I’m incredibly proud of this company and what we’ve accomplished together.

Details will be forthcoming as we work together on the integration planning process.

Jonathan

中文译文：

From: Jonathan I. Schwartz(乔纳森・施瓦茨)

To: allsun@sun.com(全体员工)

Subject: Today’s Sun/Oracle Announcement(今天Sun和甲骨文的公告)

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:34:16 -0700 (07:34 EDT)

这是我有生以来最难撰写的邮件。

这也是我对于Sun在科技业出路的满怀最大希望的邮件。

27 年来，Sun以其勇气、创新、引领时代和创造未来的信念立足。无论世事沉浮，我们一直能够坚持我们的信念和理想。我们注重产品技术研发，又使产品独具特色。我们曾投入了10年时间，不仅从无到有逐步开发出了全球性能最强的数据中心操作系统，而且也生产了全球技术最为先进的多核微电子产品。我们从未停止过对市场模式的调整和改造，并不断拓宽技术的使用范围，同时积极进入各类新市场。

由于Sun拥有无与伦比的技术能力，我们向整个科技产业提供了大量人才、技术，同时培育了一批业绩出色的科技企业并取得了巨大的市场成功。我们的产品和服务已广泛应用于制药、社交媒体等产业，同时帮助全球公众进一步加强沟通交流。总而言之，在全球市场和经济环境发生急剧变化的同时，我们也经历了业务转变的阵痛。但无论如何，我们从来不畏惧挑战，也不会放弃任何一个机会。

因此今天我们又向前迈出了新步伐，只是这次所走的方向已有所不同—-本周末公司董事会和我已同意，接受甲骨文以每股9.5美元收购Sun的请求，交易将以现金进行。所有董事会成员都出席了这次评估会，并积极参与了是否批准该交易的投票活动。该交易，不但将改变市场现有格局，也将使甲骨文和Sun两家公司携手向前，并创建出一家着眼于未来发展的新公司。

甲骨文对Sun的兴趣很明显—-他们希望能帮助客户简化产品开发、部署并提高运营高价值商业产品的效率，这些产品包括普通应用程序以及数据中心等等。通过收购Sun，甲骨文将能帮助客户解决涉及业务运营的最为复杂的技术问题。

在我看来，这起交易将改变科技业的现有格局，新组建公司业务范围将进一步扩大，技术人才数量更多，创新能力也更强。甲骨文同Sun合并后，将培养出全球最有活力的开发人员群体之一，并在数据存储、网络和计算任务处理等业务上提供最有竞争力的产品和服务。

我并不认为该声明宣布后，就意味着Sun已经走到了尽头，我从来没有这样想过。我认为，这是Sun在不同道路上迈出的第一步，这条路将把我们的技术创新带向更为广阔的市场，从而使我们的产品和技术无处不在。甲骨文收购Sun交易已于今天宣布，在经过监管部门和股东批准后，将需要数月时间才能完成该交易。但在交易完成之前，甲骨文和Sun仍将各自独立运营。无论这笔交易将持续多久，科技业已于今天发生了改变。

值得指出的是，改变科技产业格局的并不是该交易本身，而是这两家公司的所有员工。由于我已同甲骨文进行了相当长时间的谈判，因此我这儿可向各位保证：虽然我们的收购条款并没有提及，但甲骨文其实非常看重Sun的一项资产：Sun所有员工。这也将是甲骨文优先考虑的事情：为Sun员工创造合适的工作环境，使员工闪亮的思维能够继续创新于未来。

感谢各位过去多年及今后即将进行的辛勤工作。对于Sun和我们已取得的成就，我本人引以自豪。

与甲骨文的整合计划细节将会在双方共同制定后公布。

乔纳森

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