[cubeboy]

Sun had good intentions

[staunch]

Their products were "bad" (overpriced and mostly technically inferior.)

I'm not even sure their intentions were very good except in the very early days. Hard to imagine Google charging $900 for a $90 memory stick like Sun did.

[sukuriant]

Charging for their R&D, maybe? Sun did give out a LOT for free. Those sorts of free come with a cost to someone