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McNealy Steps Down as Sun Microsystems CEO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the passing-the-torch dept.

SlashdotOgre writes "Mercury News reports that Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, will be stepping down from his role as CEO. McNealy will continue as chairman, and fellow co-founder Jonathan Schwartz will now take the helm."

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  1. Yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    One less randroid as CEO of a major corporation.

  2. It's time to invest... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    in flying bacon farms becuase now pligs can fly.

    1. Re:It's time to invest... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Funny

      in flying bacon farms becuase now pligs can fly.

      They can't seem to type too good neither, hey?

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  3. Tomorrow's News Flash: Oracle buys Sun by filesiteguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Knowing that Scott was his only barrier to TWD (Total World Domination) apart from Bill The Gates, Larry Ellison seizes the moment to purchase the once-vaunted Stanford University Network for an undisclosed sum and a few cases of Jolt Cola.

    Scott, meanwhile, is rumored to be now working as "technology consultant" for the .NET division of Microsoft as "C# evangelist."

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    1. Re:Tomorrow's News Flash: Oracle buys Sun by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Scott, meanwhile, is rumored to be now working as "technology consultant" for the .NET division of Microsoft as "C# evangelist."

      Someone has to teach all those C# programmers the ins and outs of Java.

  4. Hey Scott by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good riddance and may the Schwartz be with you (ASAP).

  5. Uh oh, poor Jonathan by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Since joining Sun in 1996, Jonathan has been a driving force within the Company. His leadership has been instrumental in streamlining Sun's operations, building a solidly competitive product line, securing key acquisitions and major partner relationships and positioning us globally and across industries to reap the benefits of the networked marketplace," said McNealy.

    That much PR bullshit barfed in one statement tells me the actual translation is:

    "I leave this company in a mess. Jonathan is the one in deep doodoo now, and I'm bloody out here. Farewell sucker."

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  6. Re:Massive layoff forthcoming by retiarius · · Score: 2, Funny

    ask a "sun sigma black belt" what the metrics say should be forthcoming,
    unless this GE-inspired scientology is going the way of the CEO ...

  7. Re:Didn't see that coming. by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    his job before Sun... at a dog food company

    I wonder if they ate their own dog food?

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  8. And in other news... by Ingolfke · · Score: 3, Funny

    save the date, August 26th 2006, for he McNeally-Fiorina wedding.

  9. Re:That's odd... by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    But when you're as old as Mozart is now, he'll still be very much alive, and you'll just be dead.

  10. Some entertainment, compliments of C|Net by akad0nric0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    A list of McNealy zingers. I have to say, I'm gonna miss reading absurd quotes from this guy.

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