Sun CEO bottles JINI Execs
Posted by Michael on Thursday September 4, 2003 @05:26AM
from the I-dream-of-JINI dept.
fsck_you and SIGSLAP write: Sources deep inside Sun Microsystems say an enraged Scott McNealy, President/CEO, fired several senior “business development” executives after a recent trip to Circuit City failed to produce a single JINI(tm)-enabled appliance.
According to our sources, McNealy had been assured several times by senior Sun execs that “all those kitchen things are now fully connected by JINI(tm). As soon as the coffee is brewed, the toaster starts the Pop Tarts, and 1 hour later the dish washer starts up!” A furious McNealy reportedly asked several times, “if that stuff’s not actually shipping, what the hell was Bill Joy demonstrating at the Sun One conference? Next you’re going to tell me that was all just mock ups for marketing!”
To the best of our knowledge as many as 10 senior executives were let go. In possibly related news, Sun announced today that projections for Q4 are looking strong due to drastic cuts in overhead.