Sun Microsystems facts for kids
Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle
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| Fate | Acquired by Oracle |
| Founded | February 24, 1982 |
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| Defunct | January 27, 2010 |
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| Owner | Oracle Corporation |
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Number of employees
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38,600 (near peak, 2006) |
Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) is a major supplier of UNIX based computers and are the makers of the Solaris operating system and the SPARC line of microprocessors. The company is in Santa Clara, California. It was started in 1982 by Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim, and Scott McNealy. It has grown to become one of the largest makers of UNIX computers in the world. In January 2010, it was bought by Oracle Corporation.
Images for kids
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Buildings 21 and 22 at Sun's headquarters campus in Santa Clara
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Logo used on hardware products by Oracle
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Aerial photograph of the Sun headquarters campus in Santa Clara, California
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Sun in Markham, Ontario, Canada
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SPARCstation 1+
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VirtualBox, purchased by Sun
See also
In Spanish: Sun Microsystems para niños
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