The workstation crowd used Sun computers. Sun used the Sparc processor, and the machine had specs that are laughable now but were enviable in their day. [RetroBytes] shows off Sun’s final entry ...

Scott McNealy, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, famously told investors it was insane to pay 10-times sales for Sun’s stock. Ten! “At 10 times revenues, to give you a 10-year payback ...

Despite major changes in licensing and costs, the programming language is still a dominant force in software development.

Oracle got Java with its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009. It first introduced two new licensing models ...

SPARC was initially developed by Sun Microsystems, which most of us associate the SPARC but while most computer architectures are controlled by a single company, SPARC was championed by dozens of ...

Neeley, Tsedal. "Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A) & (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 410-014, July 2009. (Revised June 2016.) ...

The "tip and tail" release model represents a significant step forward, offering revolutionary changes that are ambitious but ...

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