Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems [Hardcover]

Mark Hall (Author), John Barry (Author)

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From Library Journal

Written by two Sun employees, this book is an interesting history of one of Silicon Valley's fastest-growing companies. The purpose of the work "is to identify and explain the distinct characteristics of Sun and how they propelled the company to become the fastest-growing direct sales company in the history of capitalism." Indeed it is; in its fifth year, Sun reached Fortune 500 status; in its sixth, revenues exceeded $1 billion. Like West of Eden ( LJ 4/1/90), Frank Rose's history of Apple computers, this is a detailed account of the founding and early years of an exciting company. As a side benefit, the book also presents a good historical overview of the UNIX operating system. Highly recommended for all libraries.
- Michael D. Kathman, St. John's Univ., Collegeville, Minn.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 297 pages
• Publisher: Contemporary Books; 1st ed edition (July 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809243687
• ISBN-13: 978-0809243686
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,156,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good intro, albiet dated material., May 27, 2001

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This review is from: Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems (Paperback)

This is a good history of the silicon valley giant Sun Microsystems. The material is of course somewhat dated now, but nonetheless provides the read with a good background.

If you want to know something about Sun, pickup a copy.