I guess it was Ads. In today's economy, you need to use every valid trick in the book to survive. Some call it smart marketing, I call it patience. »

Terracota was good. Cisco was a definite surprise, worth exploring, as it seems yet another new direction for them. VMware was a given, though they've been hit pretty bad with the stock tumbling down. They'll preserve R&D budget. Aside from IBM,Cisco, HP and perhaps Vmware, I don't know how many will survive this economy as standalone companies. Sun is going nowhere and struggling for a business model. So you did right by excluding them. 2008's Vyatta is also all talk and less action. »