Category Archives: Sun

Jonathan Schwartz: "What is my equivalent of the iPod?"

Posted on April 30, 2006 by rahulgaitonde

Sramana Mitra wonders what Jonathan Schwartz is thinking after being elevated to the hot seat at Sun: SUN, like Apple, has made its mark as a vertically integrated computer company with proprietary computer hardware and operating system. However, unlike Apple, … Continue reading →

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Why don't Indian CEOs blog?

Posted on March 31, 2006 by rahulgaitonde

Just came across Basab Pradhan’s Blog via Sambhar Mafia. So he’s one of the rarer breed on the blogosphere today – the Indian CEO Blogger. Apart from Rajesh Jain, there are almost no Indian CEOs blogging. First, Basab’s got a … Continue reading →

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On reverse-engineering, patents and open source.

Posted on June 5, 2005 by rahulgaitonde

Bryan Cantrill, kernel engineer extraordinaire and co-author of Dtrace, blogged his thoughts about reverse-engineering and patents in the context of Linus moving the Linux kernel souce code mgmt system from BitKeeper. I (like many engineers, I suspect) view reverse engineering … Continue reading →

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Why IBM won't certify products for x86 Solaris 10

Posted on January 28, 2005 by rahulgaitonde

Sun is mad at IBM. Sun’s President and COO Jonathan Schwartz even wrote an angry letter to our CEO Sam Palmisano last Friday. Understandably. This eWeek report from the 17th of January states that IBM’s refused to “test, certify and … Continue reading →

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