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McNealy Created Millions of Jobs?
cahiha writes "In his blog, Jonathan Schwartz argues that Scott McNealy is single-handedly responsible for making network computing a reality. His timeline is something like that in 1992, the industry was focused on 'Chicago' (Windows 95), while McNealy bravely went his own way-- 'the network is the computer.' He goes on to claim that 'There is no single individual who has created more jobs around the world than [Scott McNealy]. [...] I'm not talking hundreds or thousands of jobs, I'm talking millions.' I have trouble following his argument: client/server computing and distributed computing were already widely available and widely used in the early 1990s. The defining applications of the emerging Internet were, not Java, but Apache, Netscape, and Perl. Sun's biggest response to Chicago was to attempt to establish Java as the predominant desktop application delivery platform, something they have not succeeded at so far. So, what do you think: is Schwartz right in giving credit to McNealy for creating
'millions' of jobs? Or has Sun been a company on the decline since the mid-1990s, only temporarily buoyed by the Internet bubble?"
Al Gore? He created the internet, and there must be at least a million porn sites...
Come on. Jobs is Unique!
Millions of Jobs
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Sweet! Maybe I'll move to India to get one!
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See, with an intel machine, you just need one guy to run it.
:-)
With Sun machines, you need an SC specialist, a OBP specialist, a Solaris specialist, and three guys just to install the damn thing.
I'd say they're creating a hell of a lot of jobs.
Don't worry, once we get Scott McNealy in here as senior Slashdot editor, we'll be blessed with millions of new options to choose from!
Well, I have been hearing that the BSD's are dying too!
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver.
Who would of thought that keeping all those Windows machines running would take up so much of the Global 'GDP'...
We all know it was Al Gore who invented the internet.
.com-bust business model and crooked Enron-style accounting is George Bush's fault.
Al Gore didn't invent the internet. He took the initiative in creating it.
Two totally different things.
In any case, Bill Clinton was responsible for the economic miracle of the 1990s.
That much of it turned out to be based on a
Count up the number of people working tech support, virus control, and PC services. Those industries didn't exist 20 years ago. Bill Gates created more jobs because there are more PC techs than Network Admins on the planet. Bill Gates wins. Or whoever created disease: healthcare employs more than technology. I think whoever it was that invented diseases should win: he must be a great guy for creating so many jobs!!!
But seriously this topic has too many hot-button words to not be considered flamebait. Read the last sentence out loud in any data centre and you will have a fight!
somewhere, on a Big Red Sign:
if(color==blue){speed--;}
It's turtles all the way down, ya know?
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Fortunately, Jobs didn't create Millions of McNealies