Sun Microsystems![]() Logo used from the 1990s until acquisition by Oracle |
| Company type | Public |
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| Founded | February 24, 1982; 42 years ago (1982-02-24) |
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| Defunct | January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27) |
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| Fate | Acquired by Oracle |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
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| Owner | Oracle Corporation |
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Number of employees | 38,600 (near peak, 2006)[1] |
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| Website | www.sun.com
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services. Sun contributed to many important computing technologies, such as Unix, RISC processors, thin client computing, and virtualized computing. Sun created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, the Network File System (NFS), and the SPARC instruction set. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982.[2] Sun's headquarters were in Santa Clara, California. In January 2010, it was bought by Oracle Corporation.
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