Sun Microsystems founder and chairman Scott McNealy doesn't make many public appearances, and he took the liberty of a keynote speech at NxtComm to prove he relishes the role of curmudgeon more than that of elder statesman. He touted open-source code and free licensing procedures as providing the basis of Web 2.0, but then seemed to thoroughly enjoy taking on a grumpy demeanor to poke fun at shared applications.
"Social networks? I like to keep my actions and intentions under the radar," McNealy said. "I don't want a digital tatoo of what I did in college out there for public consumption."
He also threw a barb at the iPhone for being "the only device on the planet that doesn't run Java."
"I've been trying to run my wife's iPhone over with the car all week," he said.
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