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News Initially disparaging, chairman and then-chief executive Scott McNealy donned a penguin mascot outfit in an about-face to show support. But the company afterward resurrected a nearly exterminated version of Solaris for x86 servers, where Linux is... [20 Mar 2007]
'Green tech can tackle global warming'
News Sun Microsystems' chairman Scott McNealy, Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar and tech investment guru John Doerr spoke about the dangers of global warming and potential remedies to the problem. That was the caution and promise offered at an executive... [16 Nov 2006]
Sun to slash 4,000 jobs
News As a result, he may avoid the criticism encountered by company founder and CEO predecessor Scott McNealy, who was faulted by many industry observers and some former Sun executives as having moved too slowly in bringing Sun's costs in line with its... [01 Jun 2006]
Sun lures ex-exec back into the fold
News Green is one of several returning executives who Sun chairman Scott McNealy likes to highlight as the company tries to argue that it has its dot-com mojo back. McNealy said in an interview last week: "We've got them coming back in droves - Andy... [02 May 2006]
Sun's Schwartz gets $1m starting salary
News McNealy said he's been grooming Schwartz for years to take over as chief executive and that the company is now poised for revenue growth. Schwartz replaced Scott McNealy - now Sun chairman - as the leader of a company with a reputation as a... [28 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.04.06
Round-Up Sun Microsystems founder and Round-Up favourite Scott McNealy stepped down as CEO this week bringing to an end one of the longest executive tenures in the mainstream technology industry. After heading up Sun for more than 22 years, quite an... [28 Apr 2006]
McNealy steps down as Sun CEO
News Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy has stepped down as chief executive, and has been replaced by president Jonathan Schwartz, the company said on Monday. McNealy who will stay on as chairman, was one of four co-founders of Sun 24 years ago... [25 Apr 2006]
Sun Grid battered by DoS attack
News That position dovetails with one long held by Sun chief executive Scott McNealy. Sun Microsystems' Grid, a publicly available computing service, was hit by a denial of service network attack on its inaugural day, the company said on Wednesday. [23 Mar 2006]
Google and Sun tie the knot
News The Java Runtime Environment is downloaded 20 million times per month, Sun chief executive Scott McNealy said. McNealy said: "What Netscape did for the Java Runtime Environment, we believe the JRE can do for the Google Toolbar", referring to the... [05 Oct 2005]
Shareholders take a swipe at Sun
News The move comes after Sun issued a salary hike and a cash bonus to its chief executive, Scott McNealy. SEIU states in its proposal: "From 2001 through 2004, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy was awarded options to buy (7.5 million) shares of Sun... [22 Sep 2005]
Open source DRM: From Sun Labs, a Dream
News Sun has been working on DRM since at least 2002, when chief executive Scott McNealy first spoke of his aspirations in that area. After years of work, Sun Microsystems has begun trying to rally corporate allies behind a neutral standard for digital... [22 Aug 2005]
Q&A: Sun CEO Scott McNealy
Comment But 50-year-old McNealy says his Midwestern values require him not to leave the recovery to someone else. I feel a huge sense of duty and loyalty," McNealy said. McNealy recently discussed his views with silion.com sister site CNET News.com. [24 Jun 2005]
Sun boss scorches rivals and open source
News Sun chief executive Scott McNealy was on scathing form this week at a conference to extol the virtues of green IT and sustainable computing. Speaking at the Executive Forum event just outside Glasgow, Scotland, McNealy was his typically... [09 Jun 2005]
Sun scoops up StorageTek for $4.1bn
News Sun CEO Scott McNealy said the combination of two companies' gear will make Sun one of the largest providers of "information lifecycle management" products, which combine hardware and software for creating, storing and archiving corporate data. [03 Jun 2005]
Who's a silly boy then?
News Sun Microsystems Chief Executive Scott McNealy showed a photo during a Wednesday speech to illustrate how rapidly technology improves--but instead illustrated another computing phenomenon: how easy it is to fall for an Internet hoax. [09 Dec 2004]
