Programmeerimiskeel
of "Tron“.
SUN Microsystems
Sun Microsystems is founded. "SUN" originally stood for Stanford University Network.
Motto “Network is the computer”.
Four employees. Khosla, McNealy, Joy, Bechtolsheim.
First workstation introduced. It includes TCP/IP, now known as the Internet protocol suite
(NOT invented by Sun)
The SUN-2 features a Motorola 68010 processor and uses a Multibus. This one has 4MB of
memory installed and a 400MB Fujitsu M2351 Eagle disk.
The SUN-2 can be used diskless when booted from a server. In 1982 the Network File
System (NFS) was a new invention by Sun.
The US Justice Department throws out the antitrust lawsuit filed against IBM 13 years ago.
Microsoft signs an agreement with Apple Computer, for Microsoft to develop applications
for the Macintosh.
IBM splits its Personal Computer development team into three groups: one to work on the PC