code_martial's Journal: McNealy's "theatrics"

Last night, Sun CEO Scott McNealy appeared for the Corporate Dossier Superachievers' Forum (by The Economic Times) in Oberoi Hotel Mumbai.

He appeared on to the stage flanked by a bevy of Indian Models, including Fleur Xavier and Dipanita Sharma. Guess who introduced him to the audience - Reliance CEO Mukesh Ambani!

During the course of the event McNealy did a lot of overt and discreet marketing for Sun and Java, comparing computing to utilities like electricity and water. He compared having PCs every where to having wells in the houses. When asked about his MS bashing, he said that's just "theatrics" to keep things interesting. Mm-hmm.

Why did I write this entry? Well, I'm not a Sun follower but this was one of the most interesting corporate events I've read about since the entry of BEA CEO on a red MV Agusta sometime last year.

A piece from his theatrics - "It's OK if your children are not Microsoft Certified"