Scott McNealy: The Sun Microsystems Chief Who Brought Open Systems to The World
Scott McNealy: The Sun Microsystems Chief Who Brought Open Systems to The World Born in 1954 in Indiana, Scott McNealy rose to become the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board of one of the prominent computer technology companies of the late twentieth century. Sun Microsystems co-founded by McNealy in 1982 revolutionized the way businesses and the public viewed supercomputing technology, using the open system model it had perfected. McNealy's Sun Microsystems was initially created as a development laboratory for a single user operating system that was dubbed the "Sun" program. By 1993, the company had become the leader in workstation computer sales and consequently heralded the emergence of network computing as the dominant force in the industry. Long before the advent of cloud storage and the move away from traditional computing, the open systems model of Sun Microsystems, inspired by McNealy, was considered a cutting-edge innovation. This model allo...