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On the Record: Scott McNealy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-want-to-go-on-the-cart dept.

Sequoia writes "There's a worthwhile interview with Sun CEO Scott McNealy at sfgate. I've always had a hard time seeing how Sun has any long-term staying power. I'm still skeptical, but I was able read why Scott thinks he can be successful, 'execution.' He sounds like a hitman! Like any good hitman, Scott seems uncomfortable with his feelings, or at least he doesn't want to talk about them. 'First of all, I don't get paid to feel.' Sure you do, dude. The best decisions come from the integration of feeling and thought. If feelings don't matter, you can by replaced by a computer. He does a beautiful job putting Dell in his place. 'Michael Dell is the greatest spare parts distributor out there. He'll get you a piston ring or a carburetor or a crank shaft at a really low cost.' But, uhhh, isn't that execution? Scott's international perspective is a breath of fresh air. 'Yes. So global companies grow globally. Shouldn't India be a little upset that we have most of their software programmers here?' Heh."

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  1. sun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    do we like or hate sun this week?

    1. Re:sun by kennyj449 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The sun is outside; it's all bright and stuff. Geeks stay indoors for a reason. So yah, I'd say we hate sun this week.

    2. Re:sun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yessss... we hates the nasty sun! It burns us! We must stay in the caves with our precious!

      [If you turn your head and squint, there's a profound analogy to Intellectual Property law in there.]

  2. Sun's staying power by The+AtomicPunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    While I personally have my doubts, I still run into plenty of people out there that NEED to hear that you run on Sun, Solaris, Oracle, EMC, etc. in order to take you seriously.

    With that in mind, I've been eyeing their newest dual Xeons. Best of both worlds. :)

  3. Re:Worst. Story. Ever. by DjReagan · · Score: 2, Funny

    It wouldn't have been so bad if it was at least coherant.

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  4. Re:The Indian Brain Drain. by ameoba · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I think a compromise is reachable; We can stop taking their best engineers if they stop taking our development jobs.

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  5. Worst article summary ever. by Doktor+Memory · · Score: 4, Funny

    I so needed some 19-year-old, unemployed slashdotter telling me that good business decisions come from the heart.

    Oh wait, no, I didn't.

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  6. Re:What the hell... by Doomdark · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you want impartial news, listen to Fox.

    Man, that IS funny. :-)

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  7. Re:What Sun forgets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sun forgets that packaged software is quickly being extincted by open source tools.

    1. No it's not.

    2. "Extincted" is not a word.

    3. No it's not.

  8. Re:Scott McNealy thinks the SCO case still has mer by God!+Awful+2 · · Score: 2, Funny


    "We own our entire software suite. We can do software indemnification. We don't pay any royalties."

    This quote sounds like it came from an employee of SCO--not Sun!
    No... SCO would say "We own *your* entire software suite.

    -a

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  9. Re:well, I read the whole article by ErixTr · · Score: 1, Funny

    You read the whole article???

    You don't belong here.

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