I was listening to local public radio station
KQED this morning while driving my son Paul to school. One of the regular
programs, The California Report,
featured a long story by reporter Oanh Ha on the history of Sun Microsystems and rumors
that our company is being acquired by IBM. Sun was profiled as a world-class
Engineering company more in love with creating innovative technology like
Java than concerned with making money.
I have worked at Sun since before he was born, so the report made for an interesting discussion with Paul.
The audio story is now available on
The California Report web page:
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Sun Microsystems, IBM and Silicon Valley
The California Report
Mon, March 30, 2009 — 8:50am
“Every time you’re on the Internet, some of the digital magic you encounter comes from a programming language called Java. The company behind that software is a Silicon Valley pioneer, Sun Microsystems. Now, reports abound that IBM is in discussions to acquire Sun. If the deal goes through, it would mark an end to a chapter in Silicon Valley history and likely bring more jobs cuts to the Valley.”
Host: Rachael Myrow
Reporters: Oanh Ha
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