Scott McNealy
Scott McNealy
Scott McNealyis an American businessman. He co-founded computer technology company Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim. In 2010, he co-founded and is Executive Chairman of Wayin, based in Denver. and founded Curriki...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth13 November 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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There are some sorts of things that individual companies or individuals can't handle, like national defense or the court system, or whatever. That's why we have the Sherman Antitrust and monopoly laws on the books, because the government has to step in when a company is not operating under market discipline.
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This quarter we kicked some major bottom out there,
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Internet technology spending is highly effective in driving productivity. Companies know that if they hold back now, their competitors are going to get in and invest, and these companies will end up as the high-cost producers. They can't afford that,
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I don't want to reveal too much, but let's just say we put the Gin in Ginger, ... it isn't what you know, but whether or not people perceive that you know.
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I don't look at this as a battle between two companies, ... I look at this as a battle between the service provider and the systems administrator.
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It's absolutely stifling what Microsoft does when they acquire a little company and bundle that technology into Windows and eliminate all further innovation outside of Microsoft, in that particular area.
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They were arguing about this 500 years ago, they will be arguing about it 500 years from now.
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This Windows 95 hairball has become so big, so unmanageable, so hard to use, so hard to configure, so hard to keep up and running, so hard to keep secure. Windows 95 is a great gift to give your kid this Christmas because it will keep your kid fascinated for months trying to get it up and running and trying to figure out how to use it.
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When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.
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If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.
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We have an opportunity to improve productivity and cut costs while growing our way to a better and a more comfortable operating environment. I don't think anyone feels comfortable about bumping around where we are today.
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Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of the capitalist system. As soon as we go public we're for sale, that's part of the deal. And do I have a problem with him exercising his intellectual property rights? No, I don't have a problem with that. Would it be how we necessarily ran and operated? Obviously not.
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When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer.
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This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.