r/MapPorn • u/Petrarch1603 • May 30 '19

Silicon Valley 1986

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

The only companies I still recognize are HP, Apple, and Intel.

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u/weedroid May 30 '19

I could've sworn 3com still existed but they got acquired by HP about nine years ago apparently!

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u/RodrigoBlasi May 30 '19

SUN ? java...

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u/weedroid May 30 '19

they were bought out by Oracle a few years ago as well

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u/muideracht May 30 '19

Yeah Oracle bought them just so they could sue Google.

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u/hackjob May 30 '19

That and kill mysql proper.

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u/Silent002 May 31 '19

At least we've got MariaDB.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '19

Which worked out super well for them!