Sun Microsystems Autopsy: Death by Reverse Darwinism
September 17, 2009
Founded in 1982, Sun Microsystems, a landmark in Silicon Valley, originated the UNIX workstation market with the mantra “The network is the computer”. The Sun wikipedia page is a good place to start, next try High Noon: The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems by Karen Southwick, the Oracle acquisition is where it will finish.
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