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• Oracle wants judge to bar ex-Sun CEO Schwartz's testimony in Google suit

  By Chris Kanaracus | 05 May, 2012 03:44

  Oracle has asked a judge to bar Google from using some testimony given by former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in the companies' intellectual-property suit over the Android mobile OS, saying it has "no legal and factual predicate."

• Jonathan Schwartz's new business is a Picture of Health

  By Peter Sayer | 10 September, 2010 04:53

  Jonathan Schwartz ended six months of silence on his Twitter feed on Thursday with the words "Started a new company."

• Former Sun CEO joins 'talent intelligence' company board

  By Nancy Gohring | 13 August, 2010 03:08

  Since leaving his post as CEO of Sun Microsystems in February, Jonathan Schwartz has been largely quiet, despite promises to keep people updated via Twitter and his blog. Now he's turned up on the board of Taleo.

• Sun CEO Schwartz tweets poetic lament on last day

  By Peter Sayer | 04 February, 2010 22:20

  Jonathan Schwartz announced his resignation as CEO of Sun Microsystems in a message sent via Twitter early Thursday.

• Sun's Scott McNealy: 'Thanks for a great 28 years'

  By Paul McNamara | 28 January, 2010 01:45

  Sun founder Scott McNealy yesterday holstered the snark and poured his heart out in a farewell letter to company employees and stakeholders.

• With emotion, Sun's long goodbye nears the finish

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 26 January, 2010 10:21

  James Gosling, the father of the Java programming language, posted the image of a tombstone on his blog last week, an R.I.P., for Sun Microsystems. Before long. more than 800 employees, outside developers and others had posted comments.

• Sun reportedly cancels 16-core Rock processors

  By Jon Brodkin | 18 June, 2009 08:02

  Sun is reportedly canceling its long-awaited Rock project, a 16-core server chip that was expected to be delivered later this year.

• Golden parachutes ready for top Sun execs

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 10 June, 2009 08:40

  If Oracle Corp.'s acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. goes as planned, CEO Jonathan Schwartz will receive a severance package of about US$12 million, and board chairman and co-founder Scott McNealy, about US$9.5 million, according to the proxy statement filed Monday.

• Schwartz: Sun to 'operate independently' until deal is done

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 23 April, 2009 08:03

  Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz called it "one of the toughest e-mails I've ever had to write" when he told Sun's employees that Oracle was buying the company.

• Sun's future up in the air after talks with IBM break down

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 April, 2009 07:38

  The next step for Sun Microsystems Inc., after its apparent failure to reach an agreement with IBM on an acquisition, is to continue looking for a buyer, change its management - or just keep plugging along and pretend that nothing ever happened.