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Interesting tidbit: the windows x64 project was code named sundown.

I think IBM buying redhat and aggressively pushing Linux was also a big factor in killing sun




IBM bought Red Hat fairly recently, long after SUN was bought by Oracle.


My bad, maybe they were investing in it and pushing to their customers? I recall some ibm connection


According to [1] IBM declared support for Linux in 2000 [I thought it was around '97], that was a signal for many that Linux was good enough for business.

[1] https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/linux/


https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/ibm-to-spend-1-billi...

IBM to spend $1 billion on Linux in 2001

This long before IBM bought Red Hat in 2019


IBM also named Eclipse to make fun of Sun.

I know people at Sun who were quite chagrined about that at the time.


When IBM bought Red Hat, Sun was long dead and buried.




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