The end of an era. Scott McNealy, the man who was Mr. Sun Microsystems, has stepped down as CEO. 

This is big news and makes me feel a bit melancholy as he was such a driving force in developing awesome high powered low cost servers; before, during, and after the Internet revolution. I loved watching him publicly bash the Redmond boys and while I didn&apos;t agree with a lot of what he said in terms of Microsoft, it was just fun to see someone stand up to them; and damn he was good at that!

I&apos;m sure he&apos;ll be just fine though as his bank account must be busting but its always good to have checks and balances in this industry. Lets see if Jonathan Schwartz can revitalize Sun.