-- Joy noted that Sun had tried to buy Apple Computer and also attempted to partner with it on many occasions, but to no avail. "We were very close to having Apple use Sparc and that didn't happen," said Joy, noting Apple's new use of Intel chips.

-- Discussing patents, McNealy characterized the company's $92 million patent settlement in 2004 with Eastman Kodak as merely a high-interest loan. As Kodak involves itself in digital processing technology, it is sure to need Sun's intellectual property, he said. McNealy did not cite Kodak by name, but referred to it as a film company.

-- McNealy, asked by an audience member why he did not use his iPod very much, responded that tending to his four young sons did not leave him much spare time to use the device. McNealy also said iPods would be displaced by improved cell phones in five to seven years.'

-- Sun's Rock supercomputing technology, now in development, was noted by McNealy.

-- It was noted that nearly 200,000 employees have worked for Sun, with Bechtolsheim holding the designation as the company's first employee. The number most recently was 198,897 employees in and out of the company since 1982, according to Gage.