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Hel :blobcatcoffee:<p>"I banned PowerPoint from my company and we've had the best two quarters we've ever had in the history of the company."<br>He has a point here 🤣</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>Happy 70th birthday, Andy Bechtolsheim!</p><p>Also, OTD 1993: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> ships its 1,000,000th system!</p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>NFS at 40.</p><p>Phenomenal collection of seminal documents, related work, source code, ephemera, etc...</p><p><a href="https://nfs40.online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nfs40.online/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a></p>
Volker A. Brandt :meckenheim:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ottawa.place/@dan613" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dan613</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thomholwerda</span></a></span> TBH I usually put mine into the dishwasher (minus the PCB and cable ofc), Works great! <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 1985: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> announces the Sun-3 workstation family &amp; architecture. </p><p>TBH, the Sun-3 was always my favorite.</p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 1999: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> announces the Sun Ray thin client. Great blog about its development: <a href="https://marcschneider.weebly.com/sun-ray.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marcschneider.weebly.com/sun-r</span><span class="invisible">ay.html</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 1991: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> announces <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> name and strategy.</p>
vinsIs it <a href="https://snac.illumos.cafe?t=suntember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suntember</a> again?<br><br>Just got a fresh Tribblix installation on SPARCv9 (Sun Netra X1).<br>Thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/users/ptribble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ptribble@illumos.cafe</a></span> for keeping this up.<br><br>~ $ uname -a<br>SunOS tribblix 5.11 tribblix-m32 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2 illumos<br><br><a href="https://snac.illumos.cafe?t=illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illumos</a> <a href="https://snac.illumos.cafe?t=tribblix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tribblix</a> <a href="https://snac.illumos.cafe?t=sparc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sparc</a> <a href="https://snac.illumos.cafe?t=sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sunmicrosystems</a><br>
anarcogordo<p>VENDO RAMS RETRO Y COMPONENTES DE PC a beneficio de archivo histórico</p><p>Ayudo en un archivo histórico en <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/CABA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CABA</span></a> y terminé de catalogar los componentes para vender y todo lo recaudado va al archivo histórico. Se retira los sábados por Constitución y no se sabe si funcionan, por eso esta todo tan barato. Con el dinero recaudado se pagan deudas y la refacción del local</p><p>Se aceptan ofertas.<br>🚚🚛EDICIÓN: SE HACEN ENVÍOS X VIA CARGO</p><p>RAMS comunes: $1000<br>RAMS servidor SunMicrosystem: $2000<br>Laptop Toshiba Libretto 100CT: VENDIDA<br>Componentes, adaptadores y tarjetas gráficas: $2500</p><p>Hay rams PC100,133, 222, 520, RAMs SODIMM DDR, SIMM y tmb rams que no pude decifrar cuales eran.</p><p>Tarjetas gráficas de <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a>, 1 con salida s-video (creo).</p><p><a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/CiudadDeBuenosAires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CiudadDeBuenosAires</span></a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/BuenosAires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuenosAires</span></a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/CapitalFederal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFederal</span></a> <br><a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/CompraVenta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompraVenta</span></a> <a href="https://rebel.ar/tags/RetroComputacion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputacion</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 1992: Insanely over-the-top water war at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> between SunSoft and Sun Labs.</p><p>Video here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q851fnC4io&amp;ab_channel=TomLyon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=_Q851fnC4i</span><span class="invisible">o&amp;ab_channel=TomLyon</span></a></p>
Paolo Amoroso<p>Carl Svensson analyzes the early 1990s rumors of Commodore and Sun considering licensing an Amiga Unix workstation or its software. I wonder whether Tom Lyon <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> has any insight.</p><p><a href="https://www.datagubbe.se/amix" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">datagubbe.se/amix</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a></p>
Starring the Computer<p>It's always nice to add another Unix workstation to the database and "The Fugitive" obliges with some shots of a Sun Microsystems SPARCstation 1, along with a more mundane IBM PS/2 Model 50/70.</p><p><a href="http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2025-06-29%2011:07" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">starringthecomputer.com/newsit</span><span class="invisible">em.html?i=2025-06-29%2011:07</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/computersinmovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computersinmovies</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PS2</span></a></p>
BujakiewiczFranco<p>Who knows if Microsoft 🤮 was copy those guys to create F#, but Scala is a functional Java, and F# a functional C#, that is a copy of Java 🙂<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/csharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>csharp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scala</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/j" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>j</span></a>++ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fsharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fsharp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 2005: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> open-sources <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a>. 20 years!</p><p><a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/sun-begins-open-source-solaris-era/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/su</span><span class="invisible">n-begins-open-source-solaris-era/</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>OTD 1992: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> announces the SPARCstation 10, the first Sun desktop multiprocessor.<br>Brochure: <a href="https://www.1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fsun%2Fsparcstation10%2Epdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">1000bit.it/js/web/viewer.html?</span><span class="invisible">file=%2Fad%2Fbro%2Fsun%2Fsparcstation10%2Epdf</span></a></p>
Paolo Amoroso<p>An interview with James Gosling on the 30th anniversary of Java. It's a good profile of the man and his work as I knew little about him.</p><blockquote><p>At Sun, Gosling found a rare environment where technical excellence could thrive alongside playful creativity — an atmosphere that clearly shaped his approach to technology and problem-solving throughout his career.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://thenewstack.io/java-at-30-the-genius-behind-the-code-that-changed-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewstack.io/java-at-30-the-</span><span class="invisible">genius-behind-the-code-that-changed-tech/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Mike Roach<p>Switzerland is hosting Eurovision this year. How did the country that produced one of the most iconic fonts of all time, that’s even named after their country, decide to use Garamond?! <br>Helvetica would have been perfection. </p><p>(I do appreciate that Garamond italic insofar as it reminds me of the Sun Microsystems wordmark)</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Eurovision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eurovision</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ESC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESC2025</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a></p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> </p><p>Wow, a rich &amp; insightful story, beautifully told.</p><p>A period of incredible creativity and enterprise.</p><p>"We each followed the other around for a while, thinking they had been there already." Ha, yes, I had a similar experience once, in my field. Thus seniority comes about.</p><p>Also, I love the way you use photographs / illustrations as section headings in your blog, brilliant!</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TomLyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TomLyon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/thedayswhenallwaspossible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thedayswhenallwaspossible</span></a></p>
Tom Lyon ✅<p>43 years ago today: Joining <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a></p><p><a href="https://akapugs.blog/2022/05/03/674/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">akapugs.blog/2022/05/03/674/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dr. Professor Fred Rococo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.ns.ci/@hnbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hnbot</span></a></span> </p><p>Followers who are at all interested in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a>, read this! ☝🏼</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sunmicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunmicrosystems</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/siliconvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>siliconvalley</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BeforeItWasEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeforeItWasEvil</span></a></p>
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