Yu, whose Chinese name is Yu Hongde, decided to leave the company he has been with since 1985 to spend more time with his family, Sun confirmed in an e-mailed statement.

"Sun definitely needs new leadership in order to address the fast-growing China market, because this is the market they focus on now," said Edward Yu, President of Beijing-based research firm Analysys International.

"With some of the open source software getting very good momentum in China recently, especially Linux, Sun faces many challenges in the middle- and low-end market. But in the meantime, Sun is getting very tough competition from IBM and HP in the top-end market," Analysys' Yu added.

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