I am immensely grateful for Sun’s contributions to GNOME, and its wonderful employees who work with us. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for their Chairman and CEO, Scott McNealy, who gives me the irrits every time I read about him:

Q: The Linux community led by Linus Torvalds says the whole SCO-Linux dispute is a tempest in a teapot, that any problems with Linux can be easily corrected.

A: That is what Napster [Inc.] said also, wasn’t it?

And after some more bile, he ends with:

Throughout the ups and downs and in and outs of the industry, there has never been a question about our integrity or character.

I want Sun to do well for my friends, but not for McNealy’s attitude. What a distasteful interview.