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Should Sun Shine for Silicon Photonics?

Posted April 14, 2008 8:23 AM

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $44 million contract for the development of silicon photonics to a consortium headed by Sun Microsystems. In choosing Sun, the Pentagon bypassed competing proposals from IBM, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a team of Intel and Hewlett-Packard, all of whom have done seminal research in this area. Do you think the fact that Sun partnered with silicon-photonics newsmaker Luxtera swung the vote?

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04/15/2008 12:34 PM

It is to be devoutly hoped that whatever factor(s) 'swung' the vote was centered on technical excellence, and not the sort of shennanigans surrounding recent transactions involving Boeing and the Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown, and Root.

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04/23/2008 11:06 AM

Big money politics have helped destroy the United States ability to compete. Big Money means special interest prevails over competition. Big money corrupts absolutely.
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And you are absolutely correct. Would you consider registering as a member? There are SO many 'guests' here, it's hard to keep track...

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