Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Sun Microsystems, Inc.
     
         One of the first, and now biggest, US computer
        manufacturers.  They also manufacture in Europe.  The Sun-2
        and 3 series of {workstations} and {servers} were based on the
        {Motorola} {680x0} family of {microprocessors} and the Sun-4
        series on the {SPARC}.  Sun also produce their own version of
        {Unix}, originally called {SunOS} and now {Solaris}.  Their
        {Network File System} has become the {de facto standard} for
        sharing files between Unix systems.
     
        Quarterly sales $1403M, profits $78M (Aug 1994).
     
        {Home (http://www.sun.com/)}.  {Sun World Online
        (http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/)}.
     
        Address: 2550 Garcia Ave., Mt. View, CA 94043 -1100 USA.
     
        (1995-10-14)