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  • Sun cools down Linux desktop plan

    Sun Microsystems is stepping away from an effort to sell the Linux operating system for desktop computers, the company's top software executive said this week.

  • McNealy heralds the 'participation age'

    At a New York press event unveiling a T1 chip-based server line, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy explains why the information age is history and how consumers are interacting with the Web more than ever.

  • Google and Sun join forces

    At a news conference in Mountain View, California, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy announce a multiyear partnership to promote and distribute each other's technologies.

  • Sun introduces UltraSparc T1-based servers

    At a press event in New York, Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Sun Executive Vice President David Yen unveil the Sun Fire T2000 and T1000 servers, which use the UltraSparc T1 processor. Yen explains how the chip is innovative and socially responsible.

  • McNealy keeps busy at Sun

    Despite leaving the chief executive role at Sun Microsystems last year, Scott McNealy is staying active with the company as chairman, and remains as outspoken as ever.

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  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Eraser ... McNealy style

    While Sun Microsystems went to great efforts to portray Scott McNealy's stepping down from the CEO role as a natural transition and part of a well-thought out succession plan, it was clearly not something the company had chance to chat to its printers about.

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  • Sun and Microsoft call a truce

    video Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discuss newly formed agreements over antitrust issues, patents and technical collaboration.

  • Sun's latest approach to the grid

    Grid computing offered on full-service, pay-per-use basis

  • Computers 'too expensive' - McNealy

    Sun's chief executive says industry pricing is heading for a correction, with technology costing ten times as much as it should.

  • McNealy touts 'excitement' of backup tape

    Sun CEO defends StorageTek acquisition and adds open source to his usual hit list of Microsoft and IBM.

  • The rise of Sun services

    Despite CEO Scott McNealy's disdain for big services groups, Sun's own unit has quietly become important to the company's bottom line. But can it overcome potential partner conflicts and the loss of key figures?

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  • Sun launches free Solaris

    At Sun Microsystems' quarterly event, Sun CEO Scott McNealy delivers details about the new, free version of the Solaris 10 operating system.

  • Sony's toddler robot makes strides

    It dances. It can hold a conversation. And in about a year, humanoid robot Qrio will be knocking on doors, if Sony's plans fall into place.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.

  • Sun releases Liberty-enabled software

    Sun Microsystems will release new software that takes advantage of the Liberty technology for simplifying the process of signing on to multiple Web sites.

  • Sun likely to use AMD's Opteron chip

    Sun Microsystems will likely adopt the Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices as it extends into new branches of the server market.

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