• THE STORY OF SUN.

Treffer: THE STORY OF SUN.

Title:
THE STORY OF SUN.
Authors:
WESTERVELT, AMY
Source:
Sustainable Industries. Dec2009, Issue 82, p25-29. 5p. 3 Color Photographs.
Subject Terms:
Computer software industry, Java programming language, Open source software
Company/Entity:
Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW, Hewlett-Packard Co. 009122532 HPQ, International Business Machines Corp. 001368083 IBM
Database:
Supplemental Index

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The article offers information on Sun Microsystems Inc., one of the most influential companies in the last 20 years, from its bright beginnings to its decline. Real competition came in the 1990s when companies such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and IBM made cheaper servers against Sun's high-end servers. Sun launched Java in 1995, the first universal software platform but failed to get a huge market share for its products. In 2008, the company made an over-valued acquisition of open-source database company MySQL, which failed to integrate well with Sun.