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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by jjtheblunt on Monday July 24, 2023 @05:37PM (#36854566)
SUN used to say The Network is the Computer...that always reminds me of what is called "cloud" the last 10+ years.
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by wkat4242 on Monday July 24, 2023 @11:18PM (#36857449)
Sun was way ahead of its time. Too far ahead in fact, in the sense that they brought products to market that the market didn't yet realize they wanted.

The Javastation network computer for example, it was a bit like a Chromebook (though incredibly slow -lol)

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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by hinkley on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:54PM (#36867544)
I think Sun should probably have bought Azul systems during the tech downturn. Even if it turned into a reverse merger (which history suggests may have been the case), it might still be around today.
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by pjmlp on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:44AM (#36859221)
Basically what cool kids do nowadays with gRPC, I was doing with Sun RPC.
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Re:The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives by jjtheblunt on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:07PM (#36866763)
no kidding. same here.
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