I Don't Believe in Walled Gardens

For those interested in Sun's organization charts (which are, in effect, an expression of my priorities), what's below is the message I sent to all of Sun earlier today. Keeping everyone up to speed on where we're headed is a big part of my job (I'd argue, one of my biggest) - so if you're interested in such things, read on. (And yes, I thought about simply posting this on my blog this morning - but I didn't want folks inside Sun finding out about an organizational change via an external source - thus, the courtesy of an internal email first.) ______________________________________ To: All of Sun From: Jonathan Schwartz Subject: Announcing a new business, and a new leader (or two) I announced a few organizational changes this morning, and I want to be sure everyone hears directly from me about my motivations and expectations. As you know, we've opened a world of opportunity by ensuring Solaris is available on Dell, HP and IBM hardware. We can now talk to what were traditionally non-Sun customers. Similarly, our moves to build an x64 systems business, and bring Linux to the SPARC platform, have made us relevant to non-Solaris customers. As of today, I'm seeking to repeat that effect with our Microelectronics, or silicon investments. I'd like to see our chip business grow beyond Sun's own systems, and more broadly in the marketplace. So I've formed a Microelectronics group, which ...

Date: March, 28 2007
Url: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/no_walled_gardens

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