Sun fires between 15% and 18% of staff

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Sun Microsystems Inc. announced today that due to the crisis, from 5,000 to 6,000 people are sacked.
As a result, the expected reduction in costs from 700 to 800 million dollars annually.

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The company itself will be divided into three divisions: Application Platform Software, Systems Platforms and Cloud Computing and Developer Platforms.