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Re:Ask HN: What caused the downfall of Sun Microsystem? by fragmede on Saturday June 15, 2024 @01:40AM (#40687749)
Linux was a huge factor in Sun's downfall. Instead of expensive proprietary Solaris on expensive proprietary SPARC hardware, there was this free thing that worked well enough on x86.
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