Top 10 Best Things About Scott Not Being the CEO of Sun Microsystems

April 17th, 2006 I just got a call from someone that was high up at sun saying "Do I know what's happening next week at Sun". He told me that scott is leaving his post next week.

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.

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.

October 26th, 2006 Scott Adams, creator of popular comics strip Dilbert, lost his voice 18 months ago due to spasmodic dysphonia, an incurable condition, after he strained his voice during a bout with allergies. He recovered his voice after tremendous self-effort in an apparently miraculous way by rhyming.

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

September 5th, 2007 Today I was reading a very interesting blog by Scott who has detailed analysis of all Dr. House episodes which are very engrossing to read.

July 14th, 2009 Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak resultsNEW YORK — Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.

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.

March 25th, 2006 An excellent book from Sun Microsystems available for free online. You can read it here.

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.

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of palaeontologists and archaeologists, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, has shown that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia around 3-4 million years ago and dispersed westward to Indonesia. According to study author Scott Hocknull, Senior Curator of Geosciences at the Queensland Museum, Australia is a hub for lizard evolution.

June 10th, 2005 Scott Adams (via Dilbert) made an interesting comment - "Maybe I could save time by realizing that they aren't raging morons who enjoy working for free". This reply was made when when his pointy haired boss told Dilbert to ask a prospective software seller to include a new feature for free.

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 ).