The now former CEO of Sun Microsystems shared his resignation with the world late last night. Via Twitter. In haiku form. “Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more.” With those words Jonathan Schwartz stepped down from the position he’s held since 2006, a move which is partially in response to the company being acquired by Oracle.

According to the New York Times, Schwartz became the first Fortune 200 CEO to Tweet his resignation when he posted the update at around midnight (EST).

The man who made Sun into an icon in the open-source community told the Times his plans for the future are:

“In the short run, I’m planning to spend some long overdue time with my family. Longer run, with a few million businesses and a few billion consumers on the Web, rumor has it there are some interesting opportunities to be had.”

We’ve heard a similar rumor, and we’re sure this industry veteran will land on his feet. [From: Twitter and New York Times, via: Boing Boing, via: The Switch]

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