| | The Real Story: Blister in the Sun Microsystems |
 | | The stock traded as high as $64.65 in September 2000, only to lose 96% of its value before bottoming out at $2.34 in October 2002. |
 | | Furthermore, Sun has been profitable in just five of the past 20 quarters and cash flow positive in just four of the past 20 (in fairness, cash flow from operating activities has been positive for eight consecutive quarters). |
 | | Sun's software strategy is a move to support open source, reflected in the company's announcement it will provide technical support to help programmers adapt Linux or other open source software systems for new servers that use Sun's Sparc chips. |
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