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American computer company, 1982–2010
Sun Microsystems, Inc., often known as Sun for short, was an American technology company that existed from 1982 to 2010 which developed and sold computers, computer hardware, software, and information technology services. Sun contributed significantly to the evolution of several key computing technologies, among them Unix, RISC processors, thin client computing, and virtualized computing. At its height, Sun's headquarters were in Santa Clara, California, on the former west campus of the Agnews Developmental Center. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Sun MicrosystemsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: High NoonThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SPONSORSHIP OF COMMON TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS: THE CASE OF SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND JAVA.Cited 903 times
- Go sideways: Oracle SolarisA closely related topic
- Go sideways: OpenSolarisA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SPONSORSHIP OF COMMON TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS: THE CASE OF SUN MICROSYSTEMS AND JAVA.
Changing competitive dynamics in network industries: An exploration of sun microsystems' open systems strategy
Why learning from failure isn’t easy (and what to do about it): Innovation trauma at Sun Microsystems
How social media is transforming employee communications at Sun Microsystems
A Bayesian Model for Sales Forecasting at Sun Microsystems
A pilot study of quality costs at Sun Microsystems
The usability engineering laboratories at Sun Microsystems
Development of a Display and Retrieval System for the Protein Data Bank on Sun Microsystems Workstation.
📚 Books worth reading
High NoonKaren Southwick · 1999
Business the Sun wayDavid Stauffer, Jim Fortier · 2001
SunburstMark Hall · 1990- 📕Sunburst · 1990
A systems administrator's guide to Sun workstationsGeorge Becker · 1991
Making the net workBaker, Robert L. · 2004- 📕Network computing · 1988
- 📕The SunTechnology papersMark Hall · 1990
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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