Sun co-founder and former CEO Scott McNealy: Sun could have won out over Linux. Sun Microsystems mishandled of Solaris on the Intel platform left an opening for Linux to become established, he says. Sun fetched $7.4 billion from Oracle in 2010 after facing heavy losses. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison criticized Sun for practices such as making unprofitable deals that nonetheless benefitted Sun salespersons. Sun’s technology still ships worldwide, he said, “Fifty to 100 years from now, our technology””]
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