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Courts: Changes allowing ownership not only of products but business models and processes have led to explosion of lawsuits.
March 20, 2000
Sun Microsystems Inc. on Wednesday named Greg Papadopoulos chief technology officer, filling a vacancy left last April when Eric Schmidt became Novell Inc.’
April 16, 1998
Business
Sun Microsystems Taps Apple Employees: Sun Microsystems has hired away at least four Apple Computer Inc. experts in an effort to make its powerful desktop computers easier to use.
March 28, 1992
Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, Calif., said its Japanese subsidiary Nihon Sun Microsystems signed an agreement valued at more than $15 million over the next three years with Nippon Steel Corp. of Tokyo.
June 4, 1987
American Telephone & Telegraph Co. boosted its stake in Sun Microsystems Inc. a Mountainview, Calif., computer manufacturer to 9.7%, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Sept. 13, 1988
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the folks at Sun Microsystems--never famous for modesty--should be feeling especially good about themselves these days.
April 13, 1991
New Deal for Sun Microsystems: Sun Microsystems Inc. said it had signed licensing agreements with two Taiwanese computer clone makers, strengthening its bid to make its computer architecture an industry standard.
June 22, 1989
National Semiconductor Plans Internet Products: In one of the first uses of the popular Java Internet software outside of computers, National Semiconductor Corp. said it will use Sun Microsystems Inc.’
May 30, 1996
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Nov. 23, 1993
Sun Microsystems Inc.’s profit jumped 83% to $66.4 million for the year, compared to 1987.
Aug. 2, 1988