How Sun Micro almost bought Apple...

[diogen]

You have to give it to Scott, if nothing else he's a good presenter, especially if you have nothing to lose...
How Apple Dodged a Sun Buyout: Former CEOs McNealy, Zander Tell All - IT Infrastructure - News & Reviews - eWeek.com

{Former} Sun CEO Scott McNealy. "If we had bought Apple, there wouldn't have been iPods or iPads ...
I'd have screwed that up"...

Diogen.

 

[navychop]

Nice little article, thank you.

 

[John Kotches]

At the time it was being considered Sun was a darling of the tech sector and Apple was nothing like the behemoth of today.

It is critical to understand that their roles in the industry were reversed in 1996.

Scott MC would have blown it Ala DEC/Compaq/HP.

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