SunSun Microsystems — maker of Java, Solaris, and SPARC; acquired by Oracle in 2010. workstations ran BSDBerkeley Software Distribution — a family of Unix-like operating systems originating from UC Berkeley. UnixAn influential multitasking OS from the 1970s — files, pipes, and C shaped Linux, macOS, and BSD. on affordable hardware with networking built in — NFS, RPC, and later JavaA portable language running on the JVM — dominant in enterprise servers, Android, and big data. were born in this ecosystem. Developers at startups, universities, and Wall Street traded green-screen terminals for networked bitmap displays. SunSun Microsystems — maker of Java, Solaris, and SPARC; acquired by Oracle in 2010.'s "the network is the computer" slogan described how backend devs actually worked.

SunSun Microsystems — maker of Java, Solaris, and SPARC; acquired by Oracle in 2010.-1 launched the UnixAn influential multitasking OS from the 1970s — files, pipes, and C shaped Linux, macOS, and BSD. workstationA powerful desktop machine for technical work — between personal computers and minicomputers in price and capability. market that powered the 1980s–90s internet buildout.

It paired open UnixAn influential multitasking OS from the 1970s — files, pipes, and C shaped Linux, macOS, and BSD. with commodity hardware — a model Linux servers later scaled globally.