sun microsystems

With an employee workforce of four, Sun Microsystems was incorporated in 1982 by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy. Originally began for Stanford University Network, Sun Microsystems has been a global leader in innovating products, services and support solutions for constructing and maintaining network computer systems. The first system built by Sun, the Sun-1 was introduced in late 1982 and was a high performance, UNIX based computer constructed of inexpensive materials. Within a year …

…need to be more demanding on their suppliers, make suppliers bend to Suns needs. If suppliers don’t Sun has the opportunity and money to buy what they want. Sun has the ability to dictate its future. REFERENCES E*Trade.com, March 2000 Quotes Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1999 Annual Report Sun Microsystems, Inc.’s home page: www.sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1999 10-K Report Wheelen, Thomas and Hunger, J. David, Strategic Management and Business Policy, Prentice Hall (2000).