What SUN needs: Linux and Python (Score 2, Interesting)

Seaking about Solaris: it will be cheaper for Sun to switch Linux/Sparc as a primary low AND mid end OS. If they feel like Linux lacks some Solaris features - open those feature sources and people around the world wil port them to Linux in no time.

Speaking about Java - just admit that Java has failed. Java in general and EJB specifically are not scalable down, in terms of memory usage, process startup and small project development time. That is bad for really distributed applications. Admit also that a load-balanced cluster of small and mid end servers is cheaper and faster for 80% (if not 99%) of web (and many corporate) applications. In such situations the scalability up is also not really important. So, swtch to Python, Sun. And again, if you find that Python lacks some EJB (but not Java! - Python is practically perfect as a language) features - port them to Python, help Zope or 4Thought or Twisted projects.

In both cases switch your business model to consulting, customized solutions, training - learn from the success of IBM.

Or die.