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A comment on Ask HN: What caused the downfall of Sun Microsystem?.

Re:Ask HN: What caused the downfall of Sun Microsystem? by pyb on Saturday June 15, 2024 @05:35AM (#40688599)
Cheap Linux workstations.

It wasn't just the obvious price advantage, but despite Solaris' best efforts, Linux was still superior, because people could learn it at home.

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Re:Ask HN: What caused the downfall of Sun Microsystem? by cpach on Saturday June 15, 2024 @05:40AM (#40688610)
And some time after Windows 98, Intel + Windows became a viable platform for running AutoCAD, CATIA and similar engineering software. Perhaps not perfect, but for many companies it was good enough.
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