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internetnews.com: Open Source Still Bedevils Sun Execs

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AP
Andy Patrizio
May 17, 2006

“Think open source is a sore spot for Sun executives?

“In the opening keynote here at the JavaOne conference, Sun CEO
Jonathan Schwartz invited Rich Green, whom he’d just hired back to
Sun as executive vice president for software, onstage.

“After teasing Green about his casual dress, the pony-tailed
boss asked him ‘So, are you gonna open source Java?’ The audience
laughed.

“Green paused and replied ‘When Scott [McNealy, former Sun CEO]
did this to you, did you enjoy it…?'”

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