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

From	groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld)
Newsgroups	comp.unix.solaris, comp.sys.sun.hardware
Subject	Re: blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc)
Date	2026-02-19 13:31 +0000
Organization	Groenveld.US
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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: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2025-10-16 23:43 -0400
  Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2025-10-17 19:33 +0000
    Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2025-10-18 01:37 +0000
      Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2025-10-18 15:00 +0000
    Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Marco Moock <mm+solani@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-10-18 07:44 +0200
      Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2025-10-18 15:19 +0000
        Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-10-19 10:21 +0200
          Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-10-19 15:26 +0000
            Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2025-10-19 17:02 +0000
              Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Marco Moock <mm+solani@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-10-19 19:26 +0200
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2025-10-19 19:16 +0000
                Zoom on FreeBSD (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2025-10-20 12:36 +0000
              Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-10-19 21:19 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Jesse Rehmer <jesse.rehmer@blueworldhosting.com> - 2025-10-20 00:09 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2025-10-20 11:45 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-10-20 14:40 +0000
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                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-10-24 18:35 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2025-10-31 17:16 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2025-11-01 14:56 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-11-08 00:58 +0000
                Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-10-20 14:56 +0000
    Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc YTC1 <ytc1@ytc1.co.uk> - 2025-11-20 11:41 +0000
    Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-02-17 18:19 +0100
      Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Marco Moock <mm+solani@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-02-17 20:59 +0100
      blame game (was Re: RFD: Remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc and comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc) groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) - 2026-02-17 22:42 +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 10:11 +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 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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