High Five: Meet Rich Green, Executive VP Of Software For Sun Microsystems

Rich Green joined Sun Microsystems in 1989 as a manager in the software tools division. Working with Sun software luminaries Bill Joy and James Gosling, Green helped change the face of computing by introducing a Unix-based operating system called Solaris and expanding the impact of a programming tool known as Java. He also oversaw Sun's litigation against Microsoft, which netted Sun $1.6 billion.

Larry Greenemeier, Contributor

May 11, 2007

2 Min Read

Photograph by Eric Millette
Rich Green
Executive VP Of Software For Sun Microsystems
Interview by Larry Greenemeier

Rich Green, Executive VP Of Software For Sun Microsystems

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