LinuxWorld: McNealy: "Sun Is Not Proprietary, Just As IBM Is Not Bankrupt"

"If anyone for a moment thinks Scott McNealy is going to take some kind of back seat in the public eye now that Sun has go-to president and COO Jonathan Schwartz dealing with the press and analysts on a seemingly equal footing with his boss, they are wrong. McNealy is still as combative as ever, as he proved when talking to the San Jose Mercury News this week.

"Asked about the $174 million loss Sun reported in the most recent quarter, McNealy countered with the simple ten-word riposte: 'Where's the beef? We made money in the June quarter...'"

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