Sun and Apple almost merged three times – Bill Joy • The Register

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Sun and Apple almost merged three times – Bill Joy • The Register

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Sun Microsystems tried to acquire Apple once and then almost merged with Apple on two other occasions, according to Sun co-founder Bill Joy. Beyond these deals, the two companies almost teamed on three other projects including sharing a user interface and the SPARC architecture. The moves were ...

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AppleInsider — ... of Mac OS X. Apple and Sun Apple and Sun also had frequent encounters. In many ways, Sun was the enterprise version of Apple, selling premium specialized software (the BSD UNIX-based SunOS and then later the AT SVR4-influenced Solaris) on top of premium specialized hardware (originally workstations using the same 68000 of the first Macintoshes, then the SPARC processor architecture Sun developed itself, and most recently x86-based machines). Two years ago, Sun co-founder Bill Joy told an audience at the Computer History Museum of his personal affinity for Steve Jobs and ...

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The Apple Core — ... on why the latest deal with Big Blue makes sense, Larry Dignan says that the “only real debate was whether Big Blue would acquire Sun in parts or as one sum.” In more than 20-year history of Apple and Sun could-have-been mergers and buyouts that piecemeal vs. wholesale debate was also evident. Here are a few slices of the timeline: In a 2006 Register interview , Sun cofounder Bill Joy said there were some 3 mergers between Sun and Apple, to create what the story called “Snapple.” One deal almost happened when Sun tried to move Apple onto its RISC-based SPARC processor ...

Could/Would Apple swoop in and pick up Sun?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Just a thought here – we realize this is pretty much not going to happen – but would there be any interest at all in Sun from Apple? Bill Joy said the two companies almost merged three times in the 90s (when Jobs wasn't running the show). ...