Say what? Corporate leadership hinges on...drinking?

Jonathan Schwartz, chief executive of Sun Microsystems, sat down for a public chat with Fortune at the magazine's first iMeme technology conference on Thursday. In noting some of the differences between him and his predecessor, Scott McNealy, who handed over the reins about a year ago, Schwartz said: "He likes to drink wine out of a box; I like to drink wine out of a bottle."

News.com's Kari Dean McCarthy offered this quip in response: "Maybe they should hire someone who likes to drink wine out of a glass and see where that takes them."

[Shawn Lane]

Good One

This statement by Jonathan Schwartz must really make the investors in Sun Microsystems so proud. What was Sun Microsystems board thinking when they decided to make Jonathan Schwartz chief executive? Maybe they were drinking wine out of a box.