Two key people researchers who joined the firm later were Andy Bechtolsheim on the hardware side and Bill Joy on the software side.
The name Sun comes from initials of the Stanford University Network.
In their first year they released their first workstation based on hardware developed at Stanford University and on the BSD operating system. Ever since its inception, Sun Microsystem has maintained a singular vision of ‘The Network is the Computer.’
This vision has helped Sun Microsystems remain as one of the leading providers of industrial-strength hardware, software, and services to aid companies across the world.
In 1987 Sun and AT&T joined forces to develop UNIX System V Release 4, which combined the best of SunOS and System V Release 3.2.
By the end of it fiscal year 1992 it had surpassed over $3.5 billion dollars in sales and firmly held the market share lead in the fast growing workstation industry segment.
In 1995, Sun Microsystems unleashed Java technology, which was the first universal software platform designed for the internet and corporate intranets.
In April 2009, Oracle, another software giant, acquired Sun at a transaction value of $7.4 billion. This acquisition made both Oracle and Sun leading software-developing companies.
History of Sun Microsystems
