Talk:Scott McNealy/Archives/2014

Travel

Saw him last year on a flight to washington dc, he flew economy.. quiet man.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.126.214.137 (talk • contribs) 06:24, August 6, 2005

• I find that very hard to believe. Who was using his corporate jet?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.18.43.1 (talk • contribs) 16:22, May 3, 2006

Stepping down

Just saw a report saying that he is stepping down...: [[1]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.18.42.10 (talk • contribs) 14:15, April 24, 2006

iPod moment

When did he talk about the iPod to The Register? It should be in the article. Also I think that this section is not very "encyclopedic", it should be more concise or even left out. --Velle 14:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

• This quote is actually from the "Sun Founders Panel" discussion at the Computer History Museum (in the linkage). Seems likely that the Register simply picked it up from (and "picked" back at) Scott. Renaissongsman 69.27.149.254 04:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Fuel section

This seems overlong, in inconsistent style, and reads like it's been lifted from somewhere else. If someone can't come up with a good defence, I'll edit it back radically. Gusworld 00:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

• I made it a separate section, and added a {{unreferenced}}, since the section makes some rather spectacular (and inflammatory) claims without a single cite in sight. If it doesn't get some references soon (from whoever put it in), it should be deleted altogether. --EngineerScotty 22:01, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

The bulk of this material appears to have been spun off of one sentence in a Washington Post article, which says that McNealy "played a prominent role in a Business Roundtable task force on sustainable growth strategies." The same article mentioned that Khosla and Allen have started separate ventures on clean tech and biodiesel, respectively. In the disputed section, these get joined into McNealy, Khosla and Allen working together on one project.

So, the first sentence is straight from the Post article, with "alternative fuel" added, and past tense changed to present. The following paragraph appears to be completely wrong, per above. The next paragraph ("In the case of..." is a direct lift from the article.

The final paragraph is not from the Post article. The tone and lack of cites make it very suspect.

Given all of the above, I've yanked the section. The first three paragraphs are a combination of misquoting and plagiarism, so they're gone; here's the final paragraph, on the off-chance that the contributor or someone else can provide a reference. --NapoliRoma 20:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Research into alternate fuels

Scott McNealy has stated‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.›  that oil company executives have threatened him‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.›  that if he is too aggressive in pursuing alternative fuels, they will lower the price of gasoline right when he tries to get his facilities off the ground and keep it low just long enough to drive him into bankruptcy. This has prompted Scott to seek energy stabilization legislation‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.›  so if the oil companies follow through on their threat, a tax will kick in to keep gasoline from dropping below a certain level, and the tax on gasoline will be removed when the price goes above that level. Scott believes stable energy prices are essential in getting people to invest in alternative fuel technologies.

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"Privacy is dead"

i'd like to see specific reference to the original quote where he said 'privacy is dead....' with date and attributuion or whatever... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clf99 (talk • contribs) 13:35, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Not too hard to find; try http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/01/17538 . --NapoliRoma (talk) 17:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

It should still be part of the article about him, since he is often quoted because of that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.42.215.157 (talk) 23:01, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Not a fan site

Please see WP:External links#Links normally to be avoided which says twitter feeds are generally not considered as encyclopedic. Or is there a good reason to include the twitter feed? W Nowicki (talk) 16:50, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

libertarian? rly?

Okay, he's an economic conservative, though he supported Romney, seems to care little about privacy, and hasn't really said anything about legalization of stuff. Let's just say that he calls himself a libertarian.199.7.156.141 (talk) 09:00, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Koala Connoisseur?

Can anyone substantiate this koala bit further? [2] 67.161.69.249 (talk) 18:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

No, they can't, because it's fake, as the article makes clear.--NapoliRoma (talk) 23:34, 27 December 2014 (UTC)