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  1. On February 24, 1982, Scott McNealy, Andy Bechtolsheim, and Vinod Khosla, all Stanford graduate students, founded Sun Microsystems. Bill Joy of Berkeley, a primary developer of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), joined soon after and is counted as one of the original founders. [8]

  2. May 30, 2014 · In Sun’s wake are 235 000 people who can count themselves as former employees. Its technical splashes continue to ripple through the world today (Sun’s slogan, “the network is the computer”, seems particularly prescient in today’s world of cloud computing).

  3. Sun Microsystems, from its inception in 1982 to its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2010, became known for being "something of a farm system for Silicon Valley." [ 1 ] It had a number of employees credited with notable achievements before, during or after their tenure there.

  4. Oct 6, 2019 · Last week Infoworld reported on a reunion of more than 1,000 former employees of Sun Microsystems including all four founders of the company -- Andreas Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy, and Bill Joy -- at just their second reunion since the 2010 Oracle acquisition.

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  5. Oct 13, 2019 · Sun Microsystems is a Silicon Valley legend. Ten years after it was acquired by Oracle, the company’s past employees still have fond feelings for their former home — and a historic reunion happened two weeks ago at the Hyatt Regency by the San Francisco airport.

  6. Jun 29, 2015 · But few are aware of the network, as unlike PayPal, a well-known consumer brand, Sun lost its shine after its dissolution. Sun loyalists, however, are aplenty. A Facebook group called ‘I Miss The Old Sun Microsystems’ thrives on Facebook with some 10,000 former Sun employees.

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  8. Oct 6, 2015 · Scott McNealy, who helped lead Sun during Silicon Valley's boom time, is now proud to be able to show his teenage boys what he's done with his life.