'''Sun Microsystems Inc.''' is a major manufacturer and vendor of [[computers]], [[software]], computer [[component]]s and [[Information technology|IT]] services. It was founded in 1982 with four employees (three [[Stanford]] University graduates and one from [[Berkeley]]) and its headquarters are situated in [[Santa Clara]], [[California]]. The name SUN derives from the initials of '''S'''tanford '''U'''niversity '''N'''etwork.
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Sun developed their own version of UNIX called ''Solaris'' and also the Java programming language. In 2007 Sun's stock symbol was changed from SUNW to JAVA.