Re: Chalk and cheese
Yes, it is sad but true. One of my previous jobs was at a consulting company where pretty much everyone was an ex-Sun employee. All of them left after the Oracle takeover, and they all left for the same reason: once Oracle took over, they were relegated to second-class citizens in the corporate ladder.
Sad, because for what they've told me, Sun was a place where I would've loved working. Alas, it's long dead.