Sun Microsystems' McNealy Finds Being Top Dog Brings Challenges

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Hours after Sun Microsystems Inc. reported record results for the June quarter, Chief Executive Scott McNealy got a call from one of his top salesmen, who was pumped up about the stellar numbers. McNealy's response: ``Humble, buddy, humble.''

Humble? Scott McNealy -- master of the high-tech taunt, the man who labeled Microsoft Corp. an evil empire, the bigmouthed promoter of all things Sun -- was counseling humility?