Star A Chat with John Fowler, Sun Software CTO
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 3rd Dec 2002 01:59 UTC
SUN Microsystems Recently, a few independent departments (Solaris, java, Netscape and other middleware) at Sun Microsystems got integrated into one, the Platform/Software Group. We had a quick chat with Mr John Fowler, Sun Software's CTO about Solaris 10, Java, the competition and more.
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Comdex speech
by jbolden1517 on Tue 3rd Dec 2002 04:54 UTC

I thought Scott McNealy's Comdex speech (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/features/mcnealy_keynote.html) was much clearer about direction for Sun.

1980's = Workstation to allow for computing rather than glorified typewriters which were PCs back then
1990's = Servers to create genuine network services distinct from what was going on with individual desktops
2000's = Large Server to reduce corporate complexity

I think the Sun Ray demo was very powerful and offers a real paradigm shift for the corporate desktop. Its a pity that Fowler didn't expand on this. I found McNealy quite inspirational and Fowler sort of more blah blah.