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• Some people are let go in times of economic strife; others get a vacation. Sun Microsystems followed the lead of rival technology vendor Hewlett-Packard in implementing a cost-savings plan requiring employees to take a week of unpaid vacation in early July. Since the start of the year, expenditures on technology have slowed, causing vendors to cut costs through layoffs or other means. For its part, Sun is tightening up across the board with a halt on all discretionary spending by employees