Co-founder Joy to leave Sun

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @02:50AM from the insert-setting-sun-joke-here dept.

TheLinuxWarrior writes "An article at CNET says Bill Joy, Sun Micro co-founder and chief scientist, is leaving the company." You'd think after two decades of working at Sun, they could've found a better picture!

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So I guess... by MarvinMouse · 2003-09-09 02:51 · Score: 3, Funny

It really is a Joy to leave Sun. ...
Thank you, I'll be here all evening. :-)

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1. Re:So I guess... by bluethundr · 2003-09-09 02:54 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It really is a Joy to leave Sun. ... Thank you, I'll be here all evening. :-)
  
  :::sound of slashdot crickets:::
  
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2. Re:So I guess... by TopShelf · 2003-09-09 03:27 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  So when will the poets start chiming in?
  
  There is no Joy in Sunville,
  Mighty McNealy has struck out...
  
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3. Re:So I guess... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 04:46 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Joy! To the rest of the world!
I knew it.. by grub · 2003-09-09 02:52 · Score: 5, Funny

It's a conspiracy, hear me out before you think I'm off my rocker.

"Sun" has 3 letters, so does "SCO" and "Joy". "Bill" is also the name of some guy at Microsoft.

SCO claims it is making no money (0), there are eight letters in "MICROS~1" (8) and SCO thinks they are the sole owner of UNIX and Linux (1). Apply those numbers to SUN:

rot0 S == S
rot8 U == C
rot1 N == O

That's not all; note how SCO and Sun both start with "S" which looks a lot like a dollar sign? What is the 3rd letter from the right in "MICROS~1"? An "S". 3 companies with "S" in their names, third letter from the right is an "S". S looks like a dollar sign.. you know the inevitable conclusion..

The above facts speak for themselves: Bill Joy is in the pockets of SCO and Microsoft. He's leaving Sun to enjoy his millions of ill-gotten gain.

Don't even think of getting me going on SGI in the equation.

now where is my tin foil hat..

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1. Re:I knew it.. by Damn_Canuck · 2003-09-09 04:46 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Really? Although the company doesn't have an S, its main product of revenue does... macintoSh. Although it is not the third letter from the right, it still has an S. So does that make it not AS evil? But only quasi-evil?
  
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file not found. by ChrisTower · 2003-09-09 02:52 · Score: 5, Funny

You'd think after two decades of working at Sun, they could've found a better picture!

Geez, The man is a scientist, give him a break. Asking for a good picture of a scientist is like asking for a serious shot of Alf.

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1. Re:file not found. by tankdilla · 2003-09-09 03:23 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  at least it wasn't a picture of this guy.
  
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Position filled by Simsypoo · 2003-09-09 02:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Joe Angry will now step in and fill the vacated spot .
Adios, Mr. Joy... by kurosawdust · 2003-09-09 02:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Here's hoping that he founds a new start-up with a guy named "Pride"...
1. Re:Adios, Mr. Joy... by Gzip+Christ · 2003-09-09 03:33 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Here's hoping that he founds a new start-up with a guy named "Pride"...
  Or he could get the same effect by starting a second career as a lion tamer.
A better picture? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 02:56 · Score: 4, Funny

You'd think after two decades of working at Sun, they could've found a better picture!

That is the better picture.
Those in glass houses.... by stratjakt · 2003-09-09 02:57 · Score: 5, Funny

You'd think after two decades of working at Sun, they could've found a better picture!

Let's see a good picture of you, Taco.

This guy looks like a GQ model compared to any given slashdot editor.

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Re:What a great name by stratjakt · 2003-09-09 02:59 · Score: 2, Funny

That was Websters adoptive parents last name.

Remember the one where Webster got sued by the RIAA? What a tearjerker.

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pic by Washizu · 2003-09-09 03:00 · Score: 2, Funny

"You'd think after two decades of working at Sun, they could've found a better picture!"

How about this one?

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Re:So, what's he doing next? by Frymaster · 2003-09-09 03:01 · Score: 4, Funny
like, for instance:
1. csh
2. vi
that's a killer resume... with only five characters!
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The other Sun folks probably checked... by falzer · 2003-09-09 03:02 · Score: 5, Funny

The other Sun folks probably checked his past history and discovered that he wrote VI. No wonder he's "leaving." ;)
Picture.... by simetra · 2003-09-09 03:09 · Score: 2, Funny

Wasn't he in the 80's Super Group Foreigner? Or Journey?

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1. Re:Picture.... by stratjakt · 2003-09-09 03:18 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I thought he played cow bell.
  
  At least, he should have, those songs needed more cow bell.
  
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Picture? by devphaeton · 2003-09-09 03:10 · Score: 5, Funny

How can he be an innovative, impressively accomplished UNIX(r) guy?

HE HAS NO BEARD!!!

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Re:Shame shame by Jameth · 2003-09-09 03:13 · Score: 2, Funny

Not quite the same. Ballmer's more of a comedian, so they'll just lose a bit on the relaxation end of things. Some Seinfeld tapes should cover it.
When will it end? by GeneralTao · 2003-09-09 03:15 · Score: 5, Funny

First Love, now Joy! What's NEXT!?!?

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1. Re:When will it end? by SheldonYoung · 2003-09-09 04:45 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  We could have no Love, no Joy and no Jobs.
2. Re:When will it end? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 07:18 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  > First Love, now Joy! What's NEXT!?!?
  
  I think you've got a Case. But the world is at an end, we're at the Gates of Hell. No more Jobs either. Let's hide in the Bush.
Bill Jpy's resignation letter by sys49152 · 2003-09-09 03:18 · Score: 5, Funny

:q!
Re:Bill's fountain of youth by Chris+Worth · 2003-09-09 03:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Damn, cackhanded typing missed the links

THAT Microsoft photo (from 1979 I believe) is at this link.

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Re:and vi by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-09 03:23 · Score: 4, Funny

> as the author of the greatest horrible-excuse-for-an-editor known to man.

one word: edlin
Re:geek picture by DaneelGiskard · 2003-09-09 03:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Personally, I find this one much more fitting:
http://www.english.uga.edu/hc/unixrichiejoy.JPG
Seperated at Birth? by trix_e · 2003-09-09 03:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Bill and Gene

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Re:and vi by neurojab · 2003-09-09 03:36 · Score: 4, Funny

>one word: edlin

Just when I was beginning to forget. It's all coming back!
I prefer this one by FatalTourist · 2003-09-09 03:38 · Score: 3, Funny

This is how a true geek thinks of himself.

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Re:and vi by Jah-Wren+Ryel · 2003-09-09 03:52 · Score: 2, Funny

vi is an excellent editor allowing full control from the QUERTY keyboard home position.

You must have a really mutant left hand.

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Poor Teletubbies... by Demodian · 2003-09-09 04:04 · Score: 2, Funny

Having to stare at a crying baby face for a Sun while they drink their Java before starting their day all because Joy has left their lives...
Re:and vi by Jeffrey+Baker · 2003-09-09 05:16 · Score: 2, Funny

You have to be completely ignorant of the meaning of QWERTY to be able to mistype it. The keys are all right there in a row!
I'll Try My Hand Too by Farley+Mullet · 2003-09-09 06:34 · Score: 2, Funny

Q: What do you call one senior executive leaving Sun?

A: A start, at least.