Scott McNealy Leaving (as CEO) Sun Microsystems?

June 1st, 2006 This is the list of top 10 best things about Scott not being the CEO of Sun Microsystems (as said by Scott himself at JavaOne) : 10. He doesn't have to apologize for "stuff I say to Wall Street." 9.

June 13th, 2006 Spencer Katt, eWeek columnnist, speculates Sun Microsystems may be on his way to sell its hardware business and focus on software instead (read Java). The KattPhone's new ring tone, "Here Comes the Sun," brought a call from a crony asking the Kitty if he thought Sun's restructuring plans were an indication that the company is prepping for an eventual sale, as some Sun watchers have speculated.

February 14th, 2006 Sun Microsystems in her glory days was reputed for playing elaborate and very enjoyable pranks on executives of the company, mostly during April Fools day. Here is an extensive list compiled by Matt M Pérez.

April 29th, 2005 A new dawn for Sun Microsystem or the end of Sun as we know it? CEO Scott McNealy is considering taking Sun private with the help of Silver Lake Partners, says a hedge-fund manager close to McNealy and the private equity fund. Silver Lake has done LBOs for Seagate Technology (STX ) and SunGard Data Systems (SDS ).

September 13th, 2005 "We are actively promoting Java in China as well as the rest of Asia-Pacific," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive of Sun, in an interview with China Daily. "We are working with the (Chinese) government and other key players to establish Java as the industry standard for delivering open and secure services." Java technology is being used globally in more than 2.5 billion devices, including 1 billion smart cards, more than 708 million mobile phones, more than 700 million PCs, and in data centres of the world's largest companies and organizations.

September 15th, 2007 ->As you all probably know by now Sun decided to sell Windows 2003 servers (gasp, sputter... Scott McNealy would surely turn in his grave on hearing this news; wait a minute, he is still the Chairman of Sun) on its hardware.

February 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Given the growing international profile of the Indian software industry, Sun Microsystems is organising its global annual developer conference here Feb 18-20 for the third time in as many years. James Gosling, the father of Java programming language and Matt Thompson, senior director, cloud developer platform, will be the keynote speakers at the three-day event, designed to showcase how developers can leverage Sun technologies, services and products.

June 1st, 2006 Sun Microsystems announced plans to cut up to 13 percent of its work force, in its first major restructuring effort under new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Sun said it will cut between 4,000 to 5,000 employees over the next six months, which represents an 11 to 13 percent cut in its global work force of 37,500.

September 6th, 2006 One of the core architects of Windows Vista is leaving Microsoft weeks after it emerged he would be re-assigned once Vista operating system is launched. Valentine led Windows code engineering for seven years and is joining Amazon as a senior vice president.

July 3rd, 2005 More power to Java on mobile platform - J2ME. Looking forward to see some concrete results.

September 11th, 2006 The DTrace trouble-shooting software from Sun Microsystems was chosen as the Gold winner in The Wall Street Journal's 2006 Technology Innovation Awards contest, the second time in three years that a Sun entry has won the top award. Bryan Cantrill and a team of engineers at Sun Microsystems Inc.

June 27th, 2009 Regulators extend review of Oracle's Sun takeoverREDWOOD SHORES, Calif — The Department of Justice wants more information about Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of computer server maker Sun Microsystems Inc., extending the agency's review of the $7.4 billion deal. Software maker Oracle said in a statement Friday that the Justice Department has extended its initial 30-day review period to seek additional information.

June 4th, 2007 All hell breaks loose! Imagine this: "Most of us are only pretending to work while secretly hoping the project gets canceled after you get fired by the board". Today's Dilbert is a bit of fresh air after days of stale Elbonian humor on outsourcing.

April 1st, 2005 Scott Richter, the man behind OptInRealBig.com and billions of junk mail messages, said lawsuits had forced the company into Chapter 11. OptInRealBig was fighting several legal battles, most notably against Microsoft, which is pushing for millions of dollars in damages.

July 18th, 2006 If you are into office warfare then surely you must have heard about USB missile launcher's. I found that now you can control your Marks and Spencer USB Missile Launcher on Linux and potentially other platforms that support python and libusb.