Comments on: Sun Microsystems is gone, but its legacy is everywhere

By: Rory Robichaux

Rory Robichaux — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:49:56 +0000

Case where the whole was definitely less than the sum of its parts: 1 + 1 = 1/2

By: Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:04:23 +0000

Hang on – Radia Perlman is ‘technically’ a woman???!!!

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:17:21 +0000

I won’t dispute your claim insofar as I was trying to grab some names — out of a huge pool — people would recognize. But you’re right that Sun had a long list of inventors who have went on to do important stuff.

By: James Bryce Clark

James Bryce Clark — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:55:32 +0000

Tsk. Gawking at all the C-suite names, half with zero tech impact, and barely grazing Sun’s deep bench of famous inventors, who are still out there creating the network. How VC of you.

By: kevin mullenex

kevin mullenex — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:05:02 +0000

Just goes to show what a waste of incredible talent when they stop working together as a team AND forget why they were there in the first place!!

By: Scott Law

Scott Law — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:34:45 +0000

come on Derrick, how about some more research on sun influence
Carol Bartz ..
George Reyes, cfo of google through going public
Mike Lehman, cfo now of palo alto networks
Robert Younjohns, in charge of Microsoft North America…

By: Derrick Harris

Derrick Harris — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:35:39 +0000

Technically there is one woman on the list. But I agree that more women in tech would be a good thing.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:17:56 +0000

Not a single woman on the list. At least it’s a list of older techies. I hope a “Where are they now?” list made 30 years from now has women on it.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:30:31 +0000

Sorry to hear that Sun went down. I hope things continue to work out though…….

By: Clint Boulton

Clint Boulton — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:47:23 +0000

Tim Bray, too. Heads Google’s Dev relations…