Sun Hung Kai's board later appointed Thomas and Raymond Kowk, along with their mother to head the company.

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Most recently Fortify added Bill Joy, the cofounder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, to its advisory board.

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It has a capable CEO, Scott Kriens, and a superb board of directors, including Vinod Khosla, a founder of Sun and probably the country's top venture capitalist.

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To staunch the red ink, Novells board had recently installed Eric Schmidt, the youngish former technology officer for Sun Microsystems, as CEO.

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