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Scott McNealy, born on November 13, 1954, is an accomplished businessman with over 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley. He has held significant positions in multiple technology companies and is best known for his leadership at Sun Microsystems, a pioneer in network computing and Java technology.

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“We have an opportunity to improve productivity and cut costs while growing our way to a better and a more comfortable operating environment. I don't think anyone feels comfortable about bumping around where we are today.”

Thinking Way Feels Today Opportunity Environment Cutting Growing Comfort Cost Comfortable Productivity

Author:Scott McNealy

“Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of the capitalist system. As soon as we go public we're for sale, that's part of the deal. And do I have a problem with him exercising his intellectual property rights? No, I don't have a problem with that. Would it be how we necessarily ran and operated? Obviously not.”

Problem Deals Sun Rights Exercise Intellectual Property Ran Buying Capitalist Property Rights Larry Intellectual Property

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“We believe we're moving out of the Ice Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, to the participation age. You get on the Net and you do stuff. You IM (instant message), you blog, you take pictures, you publish, you podcast, you transact, you distance learn, you telemedicine. You are participating on the Internet, not just viewing stuff. We build the infrastructure that goes in the data center that facilitates the participation age. We build that big friggin' Webtone switch. It has security, directory, identity, privacy, storage, compute, the whole Web services stack.”

“If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Strategy Right Thing Controversial Doing The Right Thing

Author:Scott McNealy

“Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch to make a phone call, or how to use the Hoover Dam to take a shower, or how to work a nuclear-power plant to turn on the lights.”

Knows Needs Use Light Turns Know How Computer Plant Phones Nuclear Showers Telephones Turn-on Phone Calls Nuclear Power Dams Power Plants Hoover Hoover Dam

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“I can't figure the stock market out. I think it's wacky. I have done well with a long-term strategy and will continue being a long-term investor.”

Thinking Wells Long I Can Done Term Figures Strategy Long Term Investors Wacky

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“We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.”

Thinking Light Water Ought Telephones Computing

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“You already have zero privacy - get over it.”

Privacy Over It Zero Get Over

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“The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches our homes and offices today - makes more sense than ever.”

Way Home Today Office Models Resources Electricity Telephones Utility Computing

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“Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.”

Giving Business Study Products Ruins

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“Technology has the shelf life of a banana.”

Technology Shelves Bananas Shelf Life

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“Every time you turn on your new car, you're turning on 20 microprocessors. Every time you use an ATM, you're using a computer. Every time I use a settop box or game machine, I'm using a computer. The only computer you don't know how to work is your Microsoft computer, right?”

Knows Use Humor Funny Turns Games Know How Car Computer Machines Boxes Turn-on Microsoft New Car Atm Microprocessor

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“The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T.”

Able Technology Window Letters Add Fees

Author:Scott McNealy

“Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.”

Ifs Would Be Talking Technology Computer Built Nervous Digital Microsoft Nervous System

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“This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.”

People Bigs Natural Deals Technology Environment Computer Surprise Partnership Big Deal

Author:Scott McNealy

“When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer.”

People Technology Share Information Computer Machines Reach Out

Author:Scott McNealy

“Get the best people and train them well.”

People Wells Leadership Business Train

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“When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.”

Call Me Compliment

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“Without choice, you have no innovation. Without innovation, you have nothing.”

Choices Innovation

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“In a world without fences, who needs Gates?”

World Needs Computer Gates Fence

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“This Windows 95 hairball has become so big, so unmanageable, so hard to use, so hard to configure, so hard to keep up and running, so hard to keep secure. Windows 95 is a great gift to give your kid this Christmas because it will keep your kid fascinated for months trying to get it up and running and trying to figure out how to use it.”

Giving Trying Hard Use Bigs Running Kids Figures Months Computer Window Secure Fascinated Great Gifts Hairballs

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“The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.”

Next Decision Business Worst Right Decision Wrong Decision

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“Who cares who's captain after the wings have fallen off.”

Care Wings Fallen Captains Who Cares

Author:Scott McNealy

“Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress.”

Computer Dresses Code Dress Code

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“Putting Windows [3.11] on top of DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple [horse poop].”

Computer Window Horse Apples Cream Microsoft Poop Whipped Cream

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“If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.”

People Ifs Knows Children Bigs Father Brother Right Now My Children If I Could Chips Being A Father

Author:Scott McNealy

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Born: November 13, 1954
Known for: Businessman
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