Not to defend the veracity of this book (a hopeless cause for sure), originally this was "a Sun executive" in the cnet article it's become "the CEO of Sun." I find journalists to be the best "telephone" players out there.
He didn't deny the story. He only denied that he owned a boat. Perhaps he rented it, or perhaps it was with Scott on someone else's yacht, or perhaps he was confused for another Silicon Valley CEO.
Looks like Ben Mezrich is making stuff up yet once again...
Books like Mezrich's seem to be nothing more than long-form tabloid journalism: certainly not the truth, but carefully avoiding being libelous. A very base way to make money at the expense of famous people you have never met.
That's the weirdest story, if true there ought to be some fallout from it. Koala being an endangered species...
IIRC, koala isn't considered endangered, but I think various agencies want to do a current population assessment.
Irritating jerks on both sides. Plus, I like the Gruber post from yesterday, wherein Zuckerberg's described as a toejam-picking awkward 20something who is in no way the second coming of Bill Gates.
Which seems just about right.
(Also, as far as the local exploits go, San Francisco has a ton of "ambitious" women who are known to party hard. ahem I am Jack's total lack of surprise.)