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

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 18, 2004

“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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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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