What was the HP noise a couple of weeks ago, getting E-Bay`s business ?
60% of Hp`s business is printers/immaging, like Scott McNealy said: " A good toner company ! "
Sun Microsystems Consensus Recommendation: Strong Buy
Friday, May 26, 2000 01:34:08 PM - Nelsons
May 26, 2000 (Nelson's Broker Summaries via COMTEX)
Company: Sun Microsystems (NMS:SUNW)
Consensus Recommendation: Strong Buy
(Buy: 11, Accumulate: 9, Hold: 0, Avoid: 0, Sell: 0)
Quarter Consensus Estimate [Q4]: 0.32
FY Consensus Estimate [FY2000]: 0.96
Next FY Consensus Estimate [FY2001]: 1.21
Industry: Computers-PCs/Workstations
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Sun Microsystems EPS Estimated At 0.96
Friday, May 26, 2000 01:34:11 PM - Nelsons
May 26, 2000 (Nelson's Broker Summaries via COMTEX)
Company: Sun Microsystems (NMS:SUNW)
Report Headline: "The winning bid at eBay"
Report Date: May 16, 2000
Current FY EPS Estimate [FY2000]: 0.96
Previous EPS Estimate for Current FY [FY2000]: N/A
Current Quarter EPS Estimate [Q4]: N/A
Next FY EPS Estimate [FY2001]: 1.20
Previous EPS Estimate for Next FY [FY2001]: N/A
Current Recommendation: Intermediate Term Buy
Research Firm: Merrill Lynch
Analyst: Steven M. Milunovich
Industry: Computers-PCs/Workstations
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS: eBay chooses Sun for the long haul; Sun selected as the premier supplier of servers, software, storage and service for eBay
Friday, May 26, 2000 05:30:37 AM - M2 Communications
MAY 26, 2000, M2 Communications - After a rigorous review of different proposals from the industry's largest computer manufacturers, eBay(r), the world's
leading online personal trading community, today announced that it has selected Sun Microsystems Inc as its premier supplier of servers, software, storage and
professional services.
Running on Sun technology since its earliest days in 1995, today eBay is one of the Internet's most heavily trafficked sites with more than 1.8 million daily unique
visitors and over $12 million in gross merchandise sales transacted on the site each day.
"After carefully weighing our options and determining our needs for eBay's future system architecture, we decided that Sun has clearly demonstrated a proven
combination of technology performance and service, " said Maynard Webb, president of eBay Technologies. "Sun has been with us from the very beginning
and has helped make eBay the success it is today. We will continue to work very hard together to continually advance eBay's site reliability and scalability."
The eBay site is built around Sun Enterprise servers running the Solaris operating environment, as well as Sun StorEdge storage devices. Sun's Professional
Services team is assisting eBay technical experts in designing the company's future-generation architecture.
"Sun is proud to be the premier technology supplier for eBay, and to work together to provide eBay's customers with the performance and reliability they
expect." said Edward Zander, president and COO of Sun Microsystems.
"Sun clearly has the technology and service capabilities to help manage eBay's tremendous database volumes, while continuing to grow with the company's
infrastructure needs."
Execution between the two parties is expected during the next several weeks.
Other terms and financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
About eBay
eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY; www.ebay.com ), the world's personal trading community(TM), pioneered person-to-person online trading. Founded in 1995, eBay has
developed an efficient and entertaining trading site on the Web.
More than 500,000 items are added daily in more than 4,000 categories including: automobiles;antiques; books, movies and music; coins and stamps;
collectibles; computers; dolls and figures; jewelry and gemstones; photo and electronics; pottery and glass; sports memorabilia; and toys. eBay is also
engaged in the traditional auction business through its subsidiaries, Butterfield & Butterfield and Kruse International.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer[tm]," has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., (NASDAQ "SUNW"), to its position as
a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $14
billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at sun.com .
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