Scott McNealy holding Sun's new UltraSPARC T1 processor, unveiled on November 14, 2005.

Scott McNealy (born November 13, 1954 in Columbus, Indiana) is the well-known Chairman of Sun Microsystems, the computer technology company he co-founded in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim. In 1984, McNealy took over the CEO role from co-founder Vinod Khosla, who would ultimately leave the company in 1985. On 24 April 2006, McNealy stepped down as CEO after serving in that position for 22 years, and turned the job over to Jonathan Schwartz. Sun Microsystems, along with companies such as Silicon Graphics, 3COM, and Oracle Corporation, was part of a wave of successful startup companies in California's Silicon Valley during the early and mid-1980s. He is a self-described libertarian. ^[1] Image File history File links Mcnealy_423x600. ... Image File history File links Mcnealy_423x600. ... Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor, known until its 14 November 2005 announcement by its development codename Niagara , is a multithreading, multicore CPU. Designed to lower the energy consumption of server computers, the CPU uses typically 72 W of power at 1. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining until the end of the year. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbus is the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana. ... Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vinod Khosla Vinod Khosla is an Indian American venture capitalist who is considered one of the most successful and influential personalities in Silicon Valley. ... Bill Joy (left) with Paul Saffo. ... Andreas von Bechtolsheim Andy (Andreas) von Bechtolsheim (born in Germany in 1956) co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy. ... This article is about the year 1984. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jonathan I. Schwartz (born 1967 ? [1]) is the current President and COO of Sun Microsystems. ... Current Silicon Graphics logo. ... 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) is a manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. ... Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software (Fusion Middleware), enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain planning (SCM) software. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ...

Unlike most people involved in high technology industries, Scott McNealy did not come from the world of amateur programmers, hackers, and computer scientists. Instead, his background is from the business end, having graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. At Stanford, McNealy met Khosla, Joy, and Bechtolsheim and helped provide the necessary organizational and business leadership for the fledgling Sun Microsystems ("Sun" originally stood for Stanford University Network). McNealy is one of the few CEOs of a major corporation to have had a tenure of over twenty years. Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County. ...

Personal Life

Scott Mcneally has a wife and 4 kids. The kids names are Maverick(Age 11), Dakota(Age 9), Colt(Age 5) and Scout (Age 3). McNealy enjoys playing ice hockey, a fact that is frequently brought up during interviews and press mentions. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Track record

• Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2006
• Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from April 2004 to April 2006
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2002 to April 2004
• Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to June 2002
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer from December 1984 to April 1999
• President and Chief Operating Officer from February 1984 to December 1984
• Vice President of Operations from February 1982 to February 1984.

Sun's motto: "The Network is the Computer"

McNealy was an early advocate of the networked environment. At times, he has been known to be skeptical of products that do not integrate well with networked environments.

A recent example of McNealy's criticism was the Apple iPod. According to The Register, a United Kingdom-based technology magazine, McNealy said, "There's a pendulum thing where stuff is on the client side and then goes back into the network where it belongs", the magazine quoted him as saying. "The answering machine put voicemail by the desk, and then it went back into the network." He continued, "Your iPod is like your home answering machine. I guarantee you it will be hard to sell an iPod five or seven years from now when every cell phone can access your entire music library wherever you are." Apple Computer, Inc. ... The current iPod line. ... Current logo of The Register. ... Motorola T2288 mobile phone A mobile phone is a portable electronic device which behaves as a normal telephone whilst being able to move over a wide area (compare cordless phone which acts as a telephone only within a limited range). ...

The Register offered its own rejoinder to McNealy's comment in the same article: "Well, sure. Unless your iPod is your cell phone."^[2]

References

1. ^ On the Record: Scott McNealy. San Francisco Chronicle (September 14, 2003).
2. ^ Vance, Ashlee (January 12, 2006). Sun and Apple almost merged three times – Bill Joy. The Register.

External links

• Sun Microsystems' official Scott McNealy bio
• Scott McNealy's biography at the International Directory of Business Biographies
• Computer History Museum, 11-Jan-2006: Sun Founders Panel
  • Sun Feature Story: The Fab Four Reunites (webcast of the event)
• Scott McNealy at the Internet Movie Database
• Marketplace: "A different way of doing business"—A radio interview with Scott McNealy, broadcast on 9 October 2006.
• Scott McNealy's foray into providing educational resources to school children wordwide