Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc)

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From	groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld)
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Subject	Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc)
Date	19 Feb 2026 13:31:30 GMT
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In article <10n6nkh$3dlk1$1@dont-email.me>, YTC1  <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> wrote:
>Nah, I blame the hippy.

<URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fvsItXYgzk>

Wikipedia's page for Sun is pretty good, but a list of who McNealy
placed in the C suite would be informative.
Ed Zander is only mentioned once.
<URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems>

>Larry invested heavily in SPARC (initially), giving us a 5GHz server, 
>air cooled. Way ahead of others.

Was Oracle UK selling these to new customers or just to those Ellison
already had over the barrel due to high barriers to exit?

>Then he got bored.

IME Ellison Senior does not bore with making money, but I'm open to
reading more.
Will David Ellison inherit controlling interest?
John
groenveld@acm.org

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Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2026-02-19 13:31 +0000
  Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> - 2026-02-19 18:46 +0000
    Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2026-02-19 20:57 +0000
      Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> - 2026-02-20 09:04 +0000

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