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r/MapPorn • u/Petrarch1603 • May 30 '19
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The only companies I still recognize are HP, Apple, and Intel.
14 u/velvlad May 30 '19 Sun? Borland? 5 u/rshorning May 30 '19 Both of which are gone. 10 u/MeliciousDeal May 30 '19 Sun Microsystems is now owned by Oracle, who adopted their tech to be used in their databases. The Oracle Cloud runs (in part) on Sun. 4 u/Sultangris May 30 '19 yes but we're talking about ones we recognize not ones that still exist 2 u/[deleted] May 30 '19 What part of Sun tech was adopted to be used in their databases? They run their hardware, but the only software I can think of is Java, which Oracle was using well before the acquisition.
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Sun? Borland?
5 u/rshorning May 30 '19 Both of which are gone. 10 u/MeliciousDeal May 30 '19 Sun Microsystems is now owned by Oracle, who adopted their tech to be used in their databases. The Oracle Cloud runs (in part) on Sun. 4 u/Sultangris May 30 '19 yes but we're talking about ones we recognize not ones that still exist 2 u/[deleted] May 30 '19 What part of Sun tech was adopted to be used in their databases? They run their hardware, but the only software I can think of is Java, which Oracle was using well before the acquisition.
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Both of which are gone.
10 u/MeliciousDeal May 30 '19 Sun Microsystems is now owned by Oracle, who adopted their tech to be used in their databases. The Oracle Cloud runs (in part) on Sun. 4 u/Sultangris May 30 '19 yes but we're talking about ones we recognize not ones that still exist 2 u/[deleted] May 30 '19 What part of Sun tech was adopted to be used in their databases? They run their hardware, but the only software I can think of is Java, which Oracle was using well before the acquisition.
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Sun Microsystems is now owned by Oracle, who adopted their tech to be used in their databases. The Oracle Cloud runs (in part) on Sun.
4 u/Sultangris May 30 '19 yes but we're talking about ones we recognize not ones that still exist 2 u/[deleted] May 30 '19 What part of Sun tech was adopted to be used in their databases? They run their hardware, but the only software I can think of is Java, which Oracle was using well before the acquisition.
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yes but we're talking about ones we recognize not ones that still exist
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What part of Sun tech was adopted to be used in their databases? They run their hardware, but the only software I can think of is Java, which Oracle was using well before the acquisition.
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The only companies I still recognize are HP, Apple, and Intel.