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Java's 10th B-day: a peek at Sun's Santa Clara Campus

This might be slightly off-topic from Java's 10th birthday bash, but behind Sun COO Jonathan Schwartz you see a bell tower.

The building originally was part of a mental hospital. Sun took over area during the dotcom boom but preserved the original buildings, that are now surrounded by about 20 modern 3-story office buildings.

The campus is a short stroll away from Intel's headquarters. Sun CEO Scott McNealy used to have his office up in the bell tower. But even he apparently thought that was over  the top. He has since moved to a nearby campus in Menlo Park, which also houses one of Sun's Executive Briefing Centres.

These centres are the inequivalent of showrooms for car dealerships. The server vendor uses the Menlo Park facility to receive and educate customers, and McNealy has  the nasty habit of walking in on presentations unexpectedly. He'lscare the hell out of the sales rep that is holding a presentation at that time. Img_8314

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