But Mr McNealy, who was one of four co-founders of the company in 1982 and became chief executive at the age of 29, insisted on a complete, proprietary Sun "solution" based around Sun's own processor chips (called Sparc) and operating-system software (called Solaris).
The eclipse was almost complete, the sun showing as a red disc surrounded by a narrow silver rim.
By the time the second fix was complete, the sun had set not only on the track, but on Nascar's dreams of a grand beginning to 2010.
The new top floors contain, in addition to a nursery and servant quarters, a gymnasium — complete with sun lamp, motorized bicycle exercise machine, and sauna — and a film-projection room.
As well as the Olympic-size pool, complete with sun loungers, there's a gym, with weights and cardio equipment, and a studio where soldiers and civilians mingle over step aerobics, the Tae Bo fitness system, a weight loss programme and African dance.
The included remote (complete with sun visor clip) works more logically.
By the 1930s, when Luytens's Delhi was completed, the sun was setting on the British Empire.
Tommy Hilfiger's spring runway was an homage to easy California living, complete with sun-kissed models in tropical-inspired leather pieces like Hawaiian shirt dresses and multi-color rash guards.
The storms play the key role in completing the sun's regular cycle of reversing its magnetic fields.
To gain complete respectability, sun-climate researchers are working to identify the physical link between relatively feeble solar fluctuations and climate.
