Roger Strukhoff

Sorry, got a little distracted by the megadeal last week. I see I wrote four entries about the deal, which was probably at least one too many. Yet I spent too many years writing, publishing, and producing for Sun to let this deal go uncommented upon. The relationship started when w... (more)

Most times, industry pundits vastly oversimplify the issues technology companies face. But this week's Oracle-Sun megadeal begs for everyone to get their two cents in. Larry Ellison himself said the deal will transform the industry, and he's right. It creates a new IBM overnight... (more)

I had a rather terse exchange with Scott McNealy in the mid-90s, just trying to make conversation while we waited for the CEO of my employer to show up to a meeting. The appointment's time, location, and topic matter had been painstakingly scheduled over a period of months, and m... (more)

I had a rather terse exchange with Scott McNealy in the mid-90s, just trying to make conversation while we waited for the CEO of my employer to show up to a meeting. The appointment's time, location, and topic matter had been painstakingly scheduled over a period of months, and m... (more)

I just started following sfearthquakes on twitter, a useful service that provides the scoop whenever we get a temblor in norcal. If it followed biz earthquakes in Silicon Valley, it'd be reporting on a magnitude 7.0 event, maybe higher, today. For the repercussions from the Oracl... (more)

One question about the Oracle-Sun deal, not scandalous except perhaps in the eyes of IBM executives, concerns the personal relationship between Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy. The deal, to me, shows how little power shareholders (ie, owners) of public companies really have in th... (more)

One question about the Oracle-Sun deal, not scandalous except perhaps in the eyes of IBM executives, concerns the personal relationship between Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy. The deal, to me, shows how little power shareholders (ie, owners) of public companies really have in th... (more)

One question about the Oracle-Sun deal, not scandalous except perhaps in the eyes of IBM executives, concerns the personal relationship between Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy. The deal, to me, shows how little power shareholders (ie, owners) of public companies really have in th... (more)

I just started following sfearthquakes on twitter, a useful service that provides the scoop whenever we get a temblor in norcal. If it followed biz earthquakes in Silicon Valley, it'd be reporting on a magnitude 7.0 event, maybe higher, today. For the repercussions from the Oracl... (more)

I just started following sfearthquakes on twitter, a useful service that provides the scoop whenever we get a temblor in norcal. If it followed biz earthquakes in Silicon Valley, it'd be reporting on a magnitude 7.0 event, maybe higher, today. For the repercussions from the Oracl... (more)

It's an obvious point, already commented upon elsewhere, that the respective cultures of Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp. couldn't be more different. Sun, although brash and aggressive in the mode of its co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, has produced numerous "characters of t... (more)

It's an obvious point, already commented upon elsewhere, that the respective cultures of Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp. couldn't be more different. Sun, although brash and aggressive in the mode of its co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, has produced numerous "characters of ... (more)

It's an obvious point, already commented upon elsewhere, that the respective cultures of Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp. couldn't be more different. Sun, although brash and aggressive in the mode of its co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, has produced numerous "characters of t... (more)

It's an obvious point, already commented upon elsewhere, that the respective cultures of Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp. couldn't be more different. Sun, although brash and aggressive in the mode of its co-founder and chairman Scott McNealy, has produced numerous "characters of t... (more)

Penicillin, Post-It Notes, and Viagra were all semi-accidental discoveriers. The researchers weren't necessarily looking for these market-busting products when they were monkeying around in their labs. The Web was introduced in similar fashion. But additionally, legions of very s... (more)

There, I said it. I wasn't the first--a couple of guys funded by Google speculated in March 2009 that cloud computing "could be" bigger than the Intertubes. And I'm sure there are hundreds of you out there, if not more, who have voiced this opinion to colleagues, in a blog, or ma... (more)

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the SF Bay Area, and I can think of nothing better to do than sit on my tail and write up some recent thoughts. Let others hit the beaches, walk in the redwoods, cruise one of the three wine countries he have here, enjoy The City, or maybe sneak... (more)

There, I said it. I wasn't the first--a couple of guys funded by Google speculated in March 2009 that cloud computing "could be" bigger than the Intertubes. And I'm sure there are hundreds of you out there, if not more, who have voiced this opinion to colleagues, in a blog, or ma... (more)

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the SF Bay Area, and I can think of nothing better to do than sit on my tail and write up some recent thoughts. Let others hit the beaches, walk in the redwoods, cruise one of the three wine countries he have here, enjoy The City, or maybe sneak... (more)

I am not an early adopter. As a semi-slow native Midwesterner, I need to think new things over, often for a long time, before deciding they're OK. Thus I am starting my Cloud Computing conversation now, rather than a year or more ago. In my job as Editor-in-Chief of NOW Magazine, I... (more)