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ZD Anchordesk: Could McNealy’s Gates’ Envy Kill Sun?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 1999

[ Thanks to Brian Keay
for this link. ]

“If you look to the future, McNealy’s latest move looks dumber
still. Sure, desktop computers will sell in the millions for many
years. But the future is in small devices. Information appliances.
Handheld computers. Set-top boxes.”

“We don’t need big fat office suites for those. Sun should focus
on developing great apps for its lightweight Java OS to run on the
small devices of the future. McNealy’s desktop strategy is about as
smart as General Motors buying a buggy whip manufacturer to compete
with Henry Ford. Or an online publisher buying a printing press to
increase circulation.”

“Why would McNealy contemplate anything so dumb? Simple. He’s
got the world’s biggest case of Bill envy. Watch him give a speech;
he can’t resist any chance to make a dig at Microsoft. (I’ve got a
link in the sidebar if you want to see for yourself.) He does it
every time; he cannot speak in public without a virulent,
vituperative, venomous spew of anti-Microsoft rhetoric.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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