Given Sun's position selling their own OS and processor design in a market where higher volume lower cost competitors are coming up from the lower end market I wonder whether Sun can stay sufficiently financially viable to continue be the main developer of Java. Here's an article on their financial performance:

Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich said Sun may cut up to 8,000 jobs this quarter - Sun is due to announce its third-quarter results this Thursday. Milunovich joins Sanford C Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi who is reported to have predicted cuts of between 4,000 to 8,000.

Anyone know whether Sun is laying off any of its Java developers?