sparc transit

[dr_memory]

True story: the now-former CEO of Sun Microsystems, the day after his company ignominiously succumbed to a buyout by Oracle, announced his inevitable resignation by posting a cute haiku to Twitter:

“Financial crisis / Stalled too many customers / CEO no more.”

For those of us who watched Schwartz preside over the decade-long destruction of what was

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[sandhawke]

Explain?

[catness]

*cries and cries*

Now I will carry this Sparc LX around for the rest of my life as a memento of That Which Was. *sniffle*

(The Sparc10 has been gone for years. The Ultra5 is still in storage, but fuck that IDE monstrosity.)

[awfief]

Sparc transit gloria. My Latin teacher would be so ashamed.

[shgb]

one thousand dollar / 8 bit color frame buffers / were way over priced

sparc station sitting / quietly on my desktop / jealous of linux