List of Sun Microsystems employees

Sun Microsystems, from its inception in 1982 to its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2010, became known for being "something of a farm system for Silicon Valley."[1] It had a number of employees credited with notable achievements before, during or after their tenure there.

A courtyard at the Sun main campus in Santa Clara, California
  • Brian Aker, MySQL Director of Technology
  • Ken Arnold, Sun Microsystems Laboratories, co-author of The Java Programming Language
  • Kim Jones, Vice President of Global Education, Government and Health Sciences; CEO of Sun UK from 2007; CEO of Curriki
  • Bill Joy, Sun co-founder and architect of BSD Unix; author of the vi text editor
  • Bruce Tognazzini, computer usability consultant
  • Marc Tremblay, microprocessor architect and Sun's employee with the most awarded patents
  • Bud Tribble, former VP of software development at NeXT, VP of software technology at Apple
  • William Yeager, software architect, inventor of the multi-protocol router

References

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  1. ^ "Sun Microsystems". Kleiner Perkins. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  2. ^ "Gary Ginstling: Executive Director National Symphony Orchestra". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ Lindquist, David (June 5, 2017). "Symphony CEO Gary Ginstling will lead National Symphony Orchestra". IndyStar. Retrieved 8 February 2023.