Ex-Sun Chief Dishes Dirt On Gates, Jobs 241
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alphadogg writes "Former CEO of Sun Microsystems Jonathan Schwartz has taken to his personal blog, provocatively titled 'What I couldn't say ...,' to dish some industry dirt and tell his side of the story about the demise of Sun. He has already hinted at plans to write a book, and a new post suggests a tell-all tome could indeed be in the offing. 'I feel for Google — Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too,' Schwartz writes, apparently referring to Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC, which makes Google's Nexus One smartphone. As for Bill Gates, Schwartz says he was threatening regarding Sun's efforts in the office software space."
I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
If his blog is running on a Sun box.
Good stuff (Score:4, Funny)
Hopefully it'll be good stuff, like him only tipping 6% or never washing his hands when he took a whizz (because it comes out the end, not the sides). Hopefully they'll include the time he slapped Steve Ballmer upside the head for not siding with him over Vista's design.
But unfortunately it'll probably just be some boring anti-trust nonsense.
Valuable Java Patents (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder which Java patents Schwartz was referring to, Checked Exceptions or Type Erasure?
Re:I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
Steve invented music player, graphical computer (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Don't shit where you eat (Score:4, Funny)
Has anyone told Darl McBride this?
Re:I wonder (Score:4, Funny)
Wait... you mean netcraft does not confirm it?
Re:Gates and Jobs.. (Score:1, Funny)
Actually Sun already was on the ground when Schwarz took over....
Yeah and running something into the ground is a lot harder if its already on the ground. There is no momentum.
Re:Apple is famous for that sort of thing (Score:4, Funny)
Apple's litigious nature is one of the reasons I tend to avoid Apple products (I do have an iPod, but that's all).
Good man! I've been boycotting Apple for years too. I only have an iPod, an iPhone, a MacBook Pro, and a Mac Mini (but that's all).