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To: StanX Long who wrote (62386)	3/27/2002 5:25:45 AM
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Sun's chief sees no sign of computer sector maturity By Peter Henderson Photo Gallery sg.tech.yahoo.com Wednesday March 27, 7:28 AM SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. chief executive Scott McNealy said on Tuesday the computer industry is still in its infancy, rejecting a key assumption behind forecasts that Hewlett-Packard Co.'s merger with Compaq Computer Corp. had started a trend. "I would say we are still very early days in the computer world," McNealy, the outspoken chief of network computer maker Sun, said at a news conference during the JavaOne software developer conference. The Internet was growing fast enough to require future innovation at a breakneck pace, while HP and Compaq had abandoned the business of developing new technologies by embracing chips and software from other firms, he said. "There is a massive amount of stuff that is not being captured by the Net," he said. He believes that everything from people with cell telephones and chip implants to light bulb sockets will be connected to the Internet. "And that is going to require an immense amount of servers and infrastructure," he said. Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina says the computer industry is maturing and that business dynamics of the sector were changing to favor large companies with the scale to handle customers' nearly every technology need.