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    Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology...
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    "Sun Microsystems announces formation of JavaSoft" (Press release). Sun Microsystems. 9 January 1996. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. "Sun Opens...
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  • (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems (Sun) in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over...
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    open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice, which Sun Microsystems acquired in 1999 for internal use. Sun open-sourced the OpenOffice suite in July 2000...
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  • Several open source projects funded by Sun Microsystems were licensed under SISSL, including OpenOffice.org, and Sun Grid Engine (SGE). Later versions of...
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    Oracle Solaris (redirect from Sun Solaris)
    developed by Sun Microsystems. After the Sun acquisition by Oracle in 2010, it was renamed Oracle Solaris. Solaris superseded the company's earlier SunOS in 1993...
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  • University. Early in his career, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. He co-founded Nvidia in April 1993 with Curtis Priem and Jen-Hsun...
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    Computer before joining Sun Microsystems in 1987, where he was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer and President. After leaving Sun in 2002, he became...
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    The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation was completed on January 27, 2010. After the acquisition was completed, Oracle, only a software...
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    Bill Joy (category Sun Microsystems people)
    an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim...
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