12 Jan
2006
12 Jan
'06
9:45 a.m.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/12/sun_apple_snapple/
"Sun Microsystems tried to acquire Apple once and then almost merged with
Apple on two other occasions, according to Sun co-founder Bill Joy."
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12 Jan
12 Jan
12:59 p.m.
"'Computer Collector Newsletter'" wrote:
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/12/sun_apple_snapple/
"Sun Microsystems tried to acquire Apple once and then almost merged with
Apple on two other occasions, according to Sun co-founder Bill Joy."
There were some "mac/os running on sun/os" projects inside apple at one
point. At least on paper. I'm not sure if they got very far code wise,
however.
As I recall (dimly) this was in the 68k mac era. I don't remember
exactly when - i just remember it was during the time when I was on a
first name basis with all of the TWA Boston<->SF crews :-)
-brad
1:14 p.m.
In article <000501c61786$e6fec2b0$6401a8c0 at DESKTOP>,
"'Computer Collector Newsletter'" <news at
computercollector.com> writes:
Would you describe McNealy as "charismatic"? He seems like such a
bore to me whenever I see video of him talking on anything.
There's no doubt that Jobs is charismatic, but standing next to him
McNealy looks like a corpse.
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1:37 p.m.
On Thursday 12 January 2006 10:14, Richard wrote:
In article <000501c61786$e6fec2b0$6401a8c0 at
DESKTOP>,
"'Computer Collector Newsletter'" <news at
computercollector.com> writes:
Would you describe McNealy as "charismatic"? He seems like such a
bore to me whenever I see video of him talking on anything.
I've been in number of meetings/sessions with Scott - and he can be as funny,
critical and entertaining as a stand-up comedian. But like most, he's not
always "on".
I've also attended a number of sessions with Jobs - who always appears
entertaining and excited. But he and his events are always super "prepared".
From personal and reference experience, they are like
night and day.
Scott is as personable, critical and funny in person and with his staff as he
is in public. Jobs is something else ... how about "perfectionist" ...
There's no doubt that Jobs is charismatic, but
standing next to him
McNealy looks like a corpse.
Not always...
Cheers,
Lyle
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1:53 p.m.
In article <200601121037.05169.lbickley at bickleywest.com>,
Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com> writes:
Well, I've not met either of them personally, I can only go by what
shows up on the news (and I'm talking things like Nightly Business
Report where McNealy will Q&A for 10-15 minutes, not just isolated 30
second soundbites).
Sometimes my interactions with Sun as a company leave me scratching my
head wondering how they stay in business.
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There's no
doubt that Jobs is charismatic, but standing next to him
McNealy looks like a corpse.
Not always... 
2:16 p.m.
Richard wrote:
There's no doubt that Jobs is charismatic, but
standing next to him
McNealy looks like a corpse.
*Anyone* standing next to Jobs looks like a corpse, so that's not a fair
comparison.
Remember, no matter how good-looking or educated you are, there's only
one Reality Distortion Field(tm).
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17 Jan
17 Jan
7:20 p.m.
Rumor has it that Richard may have mentioned these words:
In article <000501c61786$e6fec2b0$6401a8c0 at
DESKTOP>,
"'Computer Collector Newsletter'" <news at
computercollector.com> writes:
Would you describe McNealy as "charismatic"? He seems like such a
bore to me whenever I see video of him talking on anything.
To some, Suns are more boring than Apples... Personally, I'd much rather
meet McNealy in person than Jobs.
There's no doubt that Jobs is charismatic, but
standing next to him
McNealy looks like a corpse.
But where was Jobs during the Micro$haft hearings? McNealy was there every
day - about the only person that was willing to stand toe-to-toe with
Gates; even Jobs is afraid to do that.
Let's turn the tables a second - who would you put money on if each were to
strap on ice-hockey skates? Mine would be on McNealy... ;-)
So... what if Jobs "vibrates"[1] on the presentation dais compared to
McNealy? McNealy would definitely kick Job's bum in a lot of other areas...
and IMHO, the only difference right now between Sun & Apple is Sun didn't
"get lucky" with the iPod - which is the only thing that *finally* allowed
Jobs to post a profit higher than Gil Amelio. Well, that, and Sun makes a
much better server. They've been doing it a lot longer, so that shouldn't
shock anyone.
But this is neither here nor there, nor anywhere else for that matter.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
[1] IMHO, I dislike watching Jobs give presentations - to me, he acts like
a bipolar Chihuahua...
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