It´s slashing time ...

Recent layoffs (besides the Sun RIF):
Lenovo - 2500
IBM - 16000 (rumored)
Unisys - 1300
Microsoft - 15000 (rumored)
Logitech - 500
SGI - 225 (15%)
EMC - 2,400 (7%)
Dell - 1,900
HP - 24,600 (announced in September 2008) Tough time at the moment …