Scott McNealy

Scott McNealy Has Time on His Hands — and an App for When You Do, Too

Ina Fried in Mobile on October 7, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Wayin, which officially launched this week, is an app designed to allow people interested in a particular TV show or sporting event to quickly post opinions or ask questions.

Scott McNealy's Top 15 Reasons He's Surprised We're Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Web

Kara Swisher in News on May 27, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

Last night, BoomTown headed to San Francisco’s wedding-cake City Hall to attend “The 25 Years of .Com Gala,” which is honoring a quarter-century that I have been jacked into the matrix. Actually, it’s the 25th anniversary of the .com Internet domain name. And perhaps the most enjoyable blast from the past was the appearance of jeans-clad former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, who ably retains the title of Clown Prince of Silicon Valley.

Departing Sun Co-Founder to Employees: “Kick Butt and Have Fun!”

John Paczkowski in News on January 26, 2010 at 3:10 pm PT

With European Commission approval of its $7.4 billion buyout by Oracle in hand, Sun’s leadership is saying its goodbyes. Last week, we heard from Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, who–as I reported yesterday–will soon resign his position. Today, it’s Sun co-founder Scott McNealy who is bidding farewell. Sources close to the company tell me that he too will leave Sun following the close of Oracle’s $7.4 billion buyout. His all-hands memo to employees after the jump.

Sun CEO: Go Oracle, Beat IBM [Internal Memo]

John Paczkowski in Social on January 21, 2010 at 2:58 pm PT

Oracle said this morning that it has received unconditional regulatory approval from the European Commission for its acquisition of Sun. After the jump, the all-hands memo Sun CEO Jon Schwartz sent to employees following the announcement. Its gist: “Sun is a brand, Oracle is your company.”

Facebook Rolls Out New “Privacy” Settings, Encourages Users to Abandon “Privacy”

Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2009 at 8:19 am PT

Facebook is rolling out new privacy settings that it first began talking about in July. Here’s the main thing every Facebook user ought to know: Facebook wants users to share as much about themselves–with everyone on the Internet–as they can.

All in Favor of Putting Sun Out of Its Misery, Say Aye

John Paczkowski in News on July 17, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

The shareholders of Sun Microsystems have given the thumbs-up to the company’s merger agreement with Oracle. At a special meeting Thursday, a 62 percent majority of Sun’s common stock owners–not including CEO Jonathan Schwartz and board chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, who, oddly, did not attend–approved the deal.

Sun to Oracle Customers: Reduce Costs and Eliminate Vendor Lock-In! Oh…Wait…

John Paczkowski in News on June 11, 2009 at 7:55 am PT

To hear tell from Sun executives, the company’s impending acquisition by Oracle will be of great benefit to Sun, its technology and its customers. “Is this Oracle thing a good thing for Java?” Sun chairman Scott McNealy asked last week at the company’s JavaOne conference. “And is it a…good thing for the community, and all the rest of it?…It’s absolutely a good thing.” Thing is, this wasn’t always Sun’s opinion. In fact, the company’s touting of the benefits of the Oracle acquisition is, dare I say, a tad ironic given its preacquisition opinion of Oracle’s prices.

Weekend Update, 4.11.09

Oliver J. Chiang in Social on April 11, 2009 at 2:22 pm PT

Welcome back to Weekend Update, where we showcase some of the highlights from this site over the past week. In the umpteenth round of the old versus new media match, the Associated Press in its annual meeting this week played into the stereotype of the grizzled no-nonsense editor who shakes his fist at the new interweb thing (or was it intertube?) and its feisty friend, Google News, who are running amok on his lawn.

Sun: May the Schwartz Be With You

John Paczkowski in News on April 6, 2009 at 3:11 pm PT

Sun chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy probably has a good joke or two about the way the company’s acquisition discussions with IBM have gone down, but he won’t he won’t be relating them as CEO any time soon. This afternoon Sun dismissed speculation that McNealy will replace CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the aftermath of the deal’s collapse.