Here I'd like to reference a famous Chinese poetry.
天净沙 秋思
枯藤老树昏鸦，
小桥流水人家，
古道西风瘦马。
夕阳西下，
断肠人在天涯。
Monday, April 20, 2009
Oracle to buy Sun
ANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt.
Here I'd like to reference a famous Chinese poetry.
Here I'd like to reference a famous Chinese poetry.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
My Blog, My Life
Those who have ever read my blogs would find the contents have little to do with technology stuffs. I'd say I dislike mixing my work and my life since I've already contributed most of my time to the work while awake. It's terrible to infect my blogs with the tedious work details. And technology-intensive stuffs can simply drive most of my readers away. I do love my job. But it should never annex my life. Calling to mind, I wasn't a student purely on science and engineering. I was totally addicted to reading geographic books and catching odd insects in my childhood. In the senior high school, handling the courses such as biology, geography, history and English is a piece of cake for me so that I was hesitated to continue my study in the science class or the literature class when the students were asked to make choices. Later, I selected computer science as my major with no reasons that convinced myself. Now I have a fancy to read Wikipedia and visit museums to digest the geographic, historical and sociological information. Afterward, I experienced it by traveling. What I'm enthusiastic to do is to share my Picasa album which records the world in my eyes and represent my feeling of the world. No matter what sorts of frustrations and tangles that come to me, the world is splendid. I like keep talking to deliver what I know. But little echos were received. Anyway, as I indicated, to me it's the best gift on earth to experience the amazing world.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Where to go, Chinese college graduates?
Miles Xu
These days quite a lot of guys lose their good appetites. Global economy is aggravating. Companies are laying off people. The housing price is flying high. The world seems to be surrounded by these eye-catching words. Among them are the college graduates. As reported, graduation means unemployment for millions of graduates this year. They find their way hard. But the financial crisis is the only part of the story. At most, it's merely catalysis. Years ago, I thought this moment would come, sooner or later. Now the crisis just accelerates the process.
Why dare I say so. "Thanks to" the commercialized higher education policy starting from 1999, the number of college students has been growing like a balloon, from 1 million in 1999 to 6 million in 2009. As a contrast, university facilities don't catch up with the speed. Now one job recruiting show can attract as many as tens of thousands graduates. Sure, the job opportunities are limited especially in this bad economic climate. So most of those applicants will be screened out. Anyway, as least it sounds like good news for employers, right? They own a large candidate base. But still the complains from employers are rising to the recent graduates for their lacking competences. Most recently the graduates, who were once decorated as the "social elites", have been enlisted into the class of people that need help along with rural migrant workers. What's the hell are we doing these years?
In this circumstance, the whole nation were mobilized to increase the employment rate of the college graduates. Some odd ideas are invented. Some congressmen suggest universities should create "post-undergraduate" positions akin to "post-doctor". The unemployed graduates are encouraged to seek jobs in rural areas as a solution. Beijing and Guangzhou local authorities decide to hire graduates to serve communities. Shanghai local authority is giving financial support to fresh graduate start-ups. The whole society seem to be enthusiastic to resolve the issue. And MoE has implemented the plan to raise the number of the master students by 5% in 2009. Then will it work?
Are we resolving or just relieving the issue? Why are graduates unwilling to work in the rural areas? Because the working and living conditions are poor there. Some graduates came from villages. Their family spent lots of money to afford the college fees in the hope that the children can change their fortunes. But now nothing has changed. The family's investment doesn't bring them a matching return. As indicated, those "post-undergraduates" won't sign formal contracts with employers. I think it equals to opening a backdoor in the Labor Law, giving the chances to hire employees without basic salaries and social insurances. And since those graduate start-ups lacks too much experience, the possibilities of surviving are low. I see no wisdom to encourage it.
Anyhow, the essential idea is good, to diversify employment opportunities. In short terms, these measures can relieve the pains. But we are surfing on the peak of second wave of baby-boom graduates in the last half century. The society just can't digest the flood. That's the point. So I think there should be a hierarchical change in the higher education. Do we really need so many bachelors, masters as well as doctors in near future? Do we need some many colleges to set majors such as Computer Science/Engineering and Business Management? Do we really need so many future philosophers and scientists? We are creating too many homogeneous graduates with low quality. I think what China lacks currently are skilled workers, proficient peasants and smart businessmen. The university education is not essential. Community colleges or professional schools may be better choices for them. Yes, it's hard to change, especially when it's related to some people's interests. But anyhow, it's crucial to take a responsible attitude to the nation's future.
These days quite a lot of guys lose their good appetites. Global economy is aggravating. Companies are laying off people. The housing price is flying high. The world seems to be surrounded by these eye-catching words. Among them are the college graduates. As reported, graduation means unemployment for millions of graduates this year. They find their way hard. But the financial crisis is the only part of the story. At most, it's merely catalysis. Years ago, I thought this moment would come, sooner or later. Now the crisis just accelerates the process.
Why dare I say so. "Thanks to" the commercialized higher education policy starting from 1999, the number of college students has been growing like a balloon, from 1 million in 1999 to 6 million in 2009. As a contrast, university facilities don't catch up with the speed. Now one job recruiting show can attract as many as tens of thousands graduates. Sure, the job opportunities are limited especially in this bad economic climate. So most of those applicants will be screened out. Anyway, as least it sounds like good news for employers, right? They own a large candidate base. But still the complains from employers are rising to the recent graduates for their lacking competences. Most recently the graduates, who were once decorated as the "social elites", have been enlisted into the class of people that need help along with rural migrant workers. What's the hell are we doing these years?
In this circumstance, the whole nation were mobilized to increase the employment rate of the college graduates. Some odd ideas are invented. Some congressmen suggest universities should create "post-undergraduate" positions akin to "post-doctor". The unemployed graduates are encouraged to seek jobs in rural areas as a solution. Beijing and Guangzhou local authorities decide to hire graduates to serve communities. Shanghai local authority is giving financial support to fresh graduate start-ups. The whole society seem to be enthusiastic to resolve the issue. And MoE has implemented the plan to raise the number of the master students by 5% in 2009. Then will it work?
Are we resolving or just relieving the issue? Why are graduates unwilling to work in the rural areas? Because the working and living conditions are poor there. Some graduates came from villages. Their family spent lots of money to afford the college fees in the hope that the children can change their fortunes. But now nothing has changed. The family's investment doesn't bring them a matching return. As indicated, those "post-undergraduates" won't sign formal contracts with employers. I think it equals to opening a backdoor in the Labor Law, giving the chances to hire employees without basic salaries and social insurances. And since those graduate start-ups lacks too much experience, the possibilities of surviving are low. I see no wisdom to encourage it.
Anyhow, the essential idea is good, to diversify employment opportunities. In short terms, these measures can relieve the pains. But we are surfing on the peak of second wave of baby-boom graduates in the last half century. The society just can't digest the flood. That's the point. So I think there should be a hierarchical change in the higher education. Do we really need so many bachelors, masters as well as doctors in near future? Do we need some many colleges to set majors such as Computer Science/Engineering and Business Management? Do we really need so many future philosophers and scientists? We are creating too many homogeneous graduates with low quality. I think what China lacks currently are skilled workers, proficient peasants and smart businessmen. The university education is not essential. Community colleges or professional schools may be better choices for them. Yes, it's hard to change, especially when it's related to some people's interests. But anyhow, it's crucial to take a responsible attitude to the nation's future.
Friday, February 13, 2009
It's a dark day
As expected, Beijing had a rain after 110 days' drought, which cast the sky in dark. As planned, we had a job laid-off in China, which cast our hearts in dark. I still can't comfort myself since some of my friends are let go. I don't wanna comment much here since the stories behind the facts are beyond my imagination. I just say "You guys are the best. Good luck!".
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sun's Q2 FY09 Financial Results
(The following words only represent my own opinions, which has nothing to do with the ideas of Sun Microsystems.)
Our CEO
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/q2_fy2009
As expected, it's mixed as the world is in the recession. But the results do show strong growth businesses of Sun, from Java to Mysql, from Solaris to xVM, from CMT to x64 to Open Storage. I see Solaris plays an important role in the growth, not just Solaris subscription billing itself. Solaris enables the functionality of xVM, CMT and Open Storage.
And I really appreciate the insight in the blog.
"Like the market for traditional storage, the networking marketplace is characterized by very high prices, proprietary software and restrictive hardware platforms - exactly the environment in which open source software and commodity components create choice and competition, welcome changes for customers seeking budgetary and technical relief."
Will we have Open Switch based on OpenSolaris in the future just like Open Storage? I don't know. The market should determine it.
The company is on the way of reshaping itself, transforming the innovation into the revenue.
Our CEO
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/q2_fy2009
As expected, it's mixed as the world is in the recession. But the results do show strong growth businesses of Sun, from Java to Mysql, from Solaris to xVM, from CMT to x64 to Open Storage. I see Solaris plays an important role in the growth, not just Solaris subscription billing itself. Solaris enables the functionality of xVM, CMT and Open Storage.
And I really appreciate the insight in the blog.
"Like the market for traditional storage, the networking marketplace is characterized by very high prices, proprietary software and restrictive hardware platforms - exactly the environment in which open source software and commodity components create choice and competition, welcome changes for customers seeking budgetary and technical relief."
Will we have Open Switch based on OpenSolaris in the future just like Open Storage? I don't know. The market should determine it.
The company is on the way of reshaping itself, transforming the innovation into the revenue.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Farewell to 2008
It's time to say goodbye to the year 2008. It's an amazing year for the world. "Earthquake", "financial crisis","Olympics","Omaba", all of these have become the keywords of the year. For me, what does it mean? It's my third winter in Beijing, my second year to work at Sun after graduation. I acquired more opportunities to develop myself. I started to conquer projects independently, coach other engineers and expose myself more outside the team.
Looking forward, I think the year 2009 is a really challenging year ahead. Everybody understands the impacts of the recent financial crisis are significant for the industry, especially for the company. The global economy is sure to slow down. I'm part of a U.S. company who relies a lot on its Wall Street customers, so of course 2009 will be full of uncertainty to me. I can't tell myself what's going on in the near future. But one thing I can promise is that I will continue to commit on what's necessary to keep my competence. Sometimes men have a tendency not to scarify their current interests for their future good. The crisis is the opportunity to make it changed.
Happy new year!
Miles Xu
December 31, 2008
Looking forward, I think the year 2009 is a really challenging year ahead. Everybody understands the impacts of the recent financial crisis are significant for the industry, especially for the company. The global economy is sure to slow down. I'm part of a U.S. company who relies a lot on its Wall Street customers, so of course 2009 will be full of uncertainty to me. I can't tell myself what's going on in the near future. But one thing I can promise is that I will continue to commit on what's necessary to keep my competence. Sometimes men have a tendency not to scarify their current interests for their future good. The crisis is the opportunity to make it changed.
Happy new year!
Miles Xu
December 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Excellent TV Show Every Midnight, Don't Miss It.
Are you suffering from insomnia? Are you feeling boring at midnight as a cat person? Are you having a terrible emotion these days? Now there is a savior on earth. He can resolve all the problems you are suffering. Who is he? He is an excellent doctor, outstanding actor and ridiculous salesman. His name is Hou Xinzu, so called "Hou Zong". Where is his clinic? Is it expensive? Wait till one clock every midnight, and turn on your television. He will appear in his personal treatment session with his pretty assistant on most of the local TV stations. Not only can he cure your insomnia, but also you are watching a world-class comic show. But it's not enough. The most important point is that he educates you how to become a creative salesman. So what about the name of his TV program? Direct Sales TV Advertisement. The most representative show he has ever performed is to sell the watch with the brand Rosdenton.
What? You never heard of Rosdenton. It's a shame. According to Mr. Hou's words, Rosdenton is a world famous watch brand and it has an elegant alias------"Rolls Royce in the watch world". Now you should admit that you are behind the times. Believe me, after watching his TV show, you will throw your bad emotions to the sky. He's crazy and funny! He acted with his heavy-accent Mandarin like this: Now Rosdenton is the most famous watch you can find in China. It represents your social status. It can gain you active position in the business negotiation. It will be popular forever. Look, the surface is made of French sapphire with 0.06 carat South African Diamond and 2 carats Austrian Crystal Diamond. Inside the watch, the core is made in Switzerland.
Guess, how much is the price of the watch?
The pretty assistant sitting beside says, 20 thousand Yuan?
Absolutely too high, the watch is directly sold from the factory to the customer, guess again.
10 thousand?
No, since we are the very first channel to sell the watch, the company offer a great discount.
5 thousand, it can't possibly be lower. It's a diamond watch!
Well, your assumption is still too high. It only costs you 2888 Yuan!
Wha, I can't believe it. I also need one!
Believe it! I would be crazy. How can Rosdenton offer such a low price to the customers. It's unfair! I got no profits! My heart is deeply hurt by the discount! I can't do the job! Come on, my dear customers, don't be hesitate! Dial our service number to order the watch belonging to you! We can only offer 10 watches this session. If you miss the opportunity, I'd like to congratulate to you! Why? Because you will never have the chance to get it any more.
A great doctor and comic actor, isn't it? Funny and Ridiculous. I can't help laughing since I saw a monkey with exaggerated facial expressions jumped here and there. Sure, I doubt about its ability to stimulate consumers and then promote sales. But in terms of entertainment, I would never suspect it's the gospel of millions of sleeplessness including me in the lonely night. Some guys are totally addicted to the show, which is almost the only way to make them sound asleep every night. I should have full confidence Mr. Hou would be the super comic star of the next generation.
You may be curious about the watch. It sounds good. But how can it be that cheap? 2 carats Austrian Crystal Diamond, that's not real diamond. Mr. Hou says,"I didn't say it's a real diamond. I said it was Austrian Crystal Diamond, another material." OK, then how about 0.06 carat South African Diamond? It's real. 0.6 carat costs about 20 thousand Yuan. 0.06 carat is 1/10 of 0.6 carat. Does the diamond cost 2 thousand yuan? No, 0.06 carat is merely nothing, and only worth several hundred. Then the limitation is 10 watches this session? Yes, please notice every time we replay the ad. It's another session. So if we play the show for 1 thousand times, we can afford as many as 10 thousand watches. At this point, you must be angry. You were cheated. I had the same feeling when I got to know the fact. But never mind. Mr. Hou can comfort you,"Are you OK? You expect to get a real diamond watch with 2 thousand yuan??? I expected your intelligence quotient to be normal. And I never cheat you. I have full confidence in the watch. I will never recommend it to you without having a deep understanding in Rosdenton. If you guys thought I was cheating, Rolex isn't cheating,right; Omega isn't cheating, right? Are their watches worth the money you paid? You know, I spent much money to screen the ad and run the company. At least I sold the watch at the price it should be. But those guys sold them at the price much higher than the actual cost. But you foolish guys never complain about Rolex and Omega. You treat wearing them as a form of luxury."
Up to this point, I think we, the consumers should think about the issue once again. Mr. Hou's words is somewhat reasonable. As consumers, we often stays in circumstances of being cheated in purchasing products and services. We get the software with defects. We get the house decoration service with low quality adobe. We get the milk with poisoned materials. How to avoid cheats? We have to be the expert of all aspects. If that day does come, I think it's the sorriness of our society.
What? You never heard of Rosdenton. It's a shame. According to Mr. Hou's words, Rosdenton is a world famous watch brand and it has an elegant alias------"Rolls Royce in the watch world". Now you should admit that you are behind the times. Believe me, after watching his TV show, you will throw your bad emotions to the sky. He's crazy and funny! He acted with his heavy-accent Mandarin like this: Now Rosdenton is the most famous watch you can find in China. It represents your social status. It can gain you active position in the business negotiation. It will be popular forever. Look, the surface is made of French sapphire with 0.06 carat South African Diamond and 2 carats Austrian Crystal Diamond. Inside the watch, the core is made in Switzerland.
Guess, how much is the price of the watch?
The pretty assistant sitting beside says, 20 thousand Yuan?
Absolutely too high, the watch is directly sold from the factory to the customer, guess again.
10 thousand?
No, since we are the very first channel to sell the watch, the company offer a great discount.
5 thousand, it can't possibly be lower. It's a diamond watch!
Well, your assumption is still too high. It only costs you 2888 Yuan!
Wha, I can't believe it. I also need one!
Believe it! I would be crazy. How can Rosdenton offer such a low price to the customers. It's unfair! I got no profits! My heart is deeply hurt by the discount! I can't do the job! Come on, my dear customers, don't be hesitate! Dial our service number to order the watch belonging to you! We can only offer 10 watches this session. If you miss the opportunity, I'd like to congratulate to you! Why? Because you will never have the chance to get it any more.
A great doctor and comic actor, isn't it? Funny and Ridiculous. I can't help laughing since I saw a monkey with exaggerated facial expressions jumped here and there. Sure, I doubt about its ability to stimulate consumers and then promote sales. But in terms of entertainment, I would never suspect it's the gospel of millions of sleeplessness including me in the lonely night. Some guys are totally addicted to the show, which is almost the only way to make them sound asleep every night. I should have full confidence Mr. Hou would be the super comic star of the next generation.
You may be curious about the watch. It sounds good. But how can it be that cheap? 2 carats Austrian Crystal Diamond, that's not real diamond. Mr. Hou says,"I didn't say it's a real diamond. I said it was Austrian Crystal Diamond, another material." OK, then how about 0.06 carat South African Diamond? It's real. 0.6 carat costs about 20 thousand Yuan. 0.06 carat is 1/10 of 0.6 carat. Does the diamond cost 2 thousand yuan? No, 0.06 carat is merely nothing, and only worth several hundred. Then the limitation is 10 watches this session? Yes, please notice every time we replay the ad. It's another session. So if we play the show for 1 thousand times, we can afford as many as 10 thousand watches. At this point, you must be angry. You were cheated. I had the same feeling when I got to know the fact. But never mind. Mr. Hou can comfort you,"Are you OK? You expect to get a real diamond watch with 2 thousand yuan??? I expected your intelligence quotient to be normal. And I never cheat you. I have full confidence in the watch. I will never recommend it to you without having a deep understanding in Rosdenton. If you guys thought I was cheating, Rolex isn't cheating,right; Omega isn't cheating, right? Are their watches worth the money you paid? You know, I spent much money to screen the ad and run the company. At least I sold the watch at the price it should be. But those guys sold them at the price much higher than the actual cost. But you foolish guys never complain about Rolex and Omega. You treat wearing them as a form of luxury."
Up to this point, I think we, the consumers should think about the issue once again. Mr. Hou's words is somewhat reasonable. As consumers, we often stays in circumstances of being cheated in purchasing products and services. We get the software with defects. We get the house decoration service with low quality adobe. We get the milk with poisoned materials. How to avoid cheats? We have to be the expert of all aspects. If that day does come, I think it's the sorriness of our society.
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