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High Noon: The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems
Karen Southwick
$15.95

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Sun Microsystems is the type of company that most new startups hope to become: massively profitable, astoundingly innovative, and supremely adaptable. But as Karen Southwick's engaging narrative High Noon makes clear, there were many bumps along the road to Sun's $25 billion market valuation. In fact, when Sun started out in the early '80s as a spinoff of the Stanford University Network (SUN), there was barely a road at all.

It's hard to remember a time when there wasn't a computer on every desktop, but in 1981, engineers had to stand in line to use their company's mainframes. Sun's business strategy was to sell a desktop workstation for each employee who needed a computer. On top of that, Sun allowed those workstations to exchange data via an intracompany network, and used graphical interfaces to make them easier to navigate. Standard stuff now, but a radical series of concepts back then, and it was inevitable that Sun would clash with Microsoft. Sun CEO Scott McNealy's enmity for the software colossus is well-known--he was a key player in the U.S. government's antitrust action against Microsoft in the late 1990s--and it temporarily scattered the company's focus, leading to a major reorganization.

The conclusion to the Sun story is, of course, unknown. Southwick ends her book with a peek into the future, speculating on what will become of promising computer languages like Java and Jini. But it seems like it'll be a long time before Sun sets. --Lou Schuler

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Core Java 2, Volume 1: Fundamentals (5th Edition) (The Sun Microsystems Press Java Series)
Gary Cornell
$6.59

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*The experienced developer's guide to Java programming-now fully updated for JDK 1.3

*Completely revised coverage of object-oriented development and Swing classes
*More of the robust code examples professional programmers need
*CD-ROM includes all source code, J2SE Version 1.3, Forte for Java Community Edition, and much more!

Raves for the previous edition!

"Devoid of shaky, academic examples and packed with robust demonstrations that illustrate hundreds of powerful concepts ...The authors back up the many examples with sharp, fact-rich commentary on how to get things done with Java." -David Wall, Amazon.com

The best-selling guide for serious Java 2 programmers-fully updated for JDK 1.3!

Ask any experienced Java programmer: Core Java delivers the real-world guidance you need to accomplish even the most challenging tasks. That's why it's been an international best seller for five straight years. Core Java 2, Volume 1 covers the fundamentals of Java 2, Standard Edition, Version 1.3 and includes completely revised discussions of object-oriented Java development, enhanced coverage of Swing user interface components, and much more.

This new fifth edition delivers even more of the robust, real-world programs previous editions are famous for-updated to reflect deployment and performance enhancements. Volume 1 includes thorough explanations of inner classes, dynamic proxy classes, exception handling, debugging, the Java event model, Input/Output, file management, and much more. For experienced programmers, Core Java 2, Volume 1: Fundamentals sets the standard-again! State-of-the-art information for Java developers, including:

*Building GUI applications with Swing classes
*Making the most of dynamic proxy classes and inner classes
*Mastering the Java event model
*Understanding Java streams and file management About the CD-ROM CD-ROM contains complete source code examples, the Java 2, Standard Edition, Version 1.3 SDK, and useful tools, including Forte for Java, Community Edition, a complete to olset for Java application development, TextPad 4.32, HexWorkshop 3.1, WinZip 8.0, To gether J, and SourceAgain.

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Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide
Sun Microsystems Inc.
$23.95

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The classic way of breaking into Unix system administration is by getting a job in a university's computer lab, where you keep an eye on machines and users and in the process learn the essentials of what may be the world's most reliable operating system. If you've managed to bypass that career path and still want to prepare yourself for a career in Unix, consider a professional certification. Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide will prepare you for Sun Microsystems' entry-level Solaris certification by teaching you the fundamentals of Unix. You may find this book too basic if you've worked with Solaris or another Unix variant on the job--much of the coverage consists of basic command usage--but you'll welcome its friendly approach if you've not done a lot of work with Unix.

Author Peter Gregory likes to head his sections with task-oriented titles ("Creating Files Using Output Redirection") and then explore the task with a combination of command-line listings and text commentary. He'll typically show a generic case explicitly, then list alternative switches and options as bullet points. This listing method isn't particularly conducive to memorization, but it's OK for reference. More useful for test prep: The mini-quizzes at the end of each chapter, most of whose questions give some facts and ask which of several options is true. --David Wall

Topics covered: The basics of Sun Solaris administration and of Unix administration generally, including file management, user administration, process-watching, kernel recompilation, and troubleshooting.

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Sun Certified Solaris Associate Practice Test
Sun Microsystems
$35.00

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Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems
John Barry
$118.45

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This is a good history of the silicon valley giant Sun Microsystems. The material is of course somewhat dated now, but nonetheless provides the read with a good background.

If you want to know something about Sun, pickup a copy.

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Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet (2nd Edition)
Sun Microsystems Press
$9.29

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For developers who want to design for performance and administrators who need to improve performance, this book is an indispensable reference. It covers SPARC systems and peripherals and the latest release of Solaris (2.6). It includes detailed configuration and performance information not available anywhere else, plus clear explanations of how to use system monitoring tools.

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS DEBUTS FASTEST X64 WORKSTATION IN INDUSTRY.: An article from: Computer Workstations
$5.95

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This digital document is an article from Computer Workstations, published by Worldwide Videotex on August 1, 2005. The length of the article is 916 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: SUN MICROSYSTEMS DEBUTS FASTEST X64 WORKSTATION IN INDUSTRY.
Publication: Computer Workstations (Newsletter)
Date: August 1, 2005
Publisher: Worldwide Videotex
Volume: 18 Issue: 8 Page: NA

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Multithreaded Programming With PThreads
Sun Microsystems Press
$19.99

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Multithreading lets programs do two or more tasks at once, and it can let programmers take advantage of the latest symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems in Unix. But to get this performance boost, you'll want to read Multithreaded Programming with Pthreads first. It delivers both the concepts behind multithreaded design along with real-world source code excerpts that show you how to apply the concepts to real-world Unix projects.

This book begins with the evolution of the various libraries that support multithreading. In the ecumenical spirit of Unix, the authors cover all the bases of Portable Operating System Interface for Unix (POSIX) libraries, including Linux, DEC, IBM, HP, and Sun Solaris, and even add-ons to NT and OS/2 for their POSIX support. The authors acknowledge that there may be variations in your version of Unix, but suggest that POSIX threads have good support from most vendors.

The authors then cover the basics of threads and how they run in today's Unix. The authors turn quickly to their implementation in variants of Unix, including Lightweight Processes (LWPs). They then cover the lifecycles of threads and how they are scheduled.

The primary focus in Multithreaded Programming with Pthreads is on how to make threads work together effectively. Multithreading involves a host of design issues, from patterns of how to organize threading in a program (with models such as the Producer/Consumer or the Master/Slave) to how to coordinate work done by multiple threads with facilities such as mutexes, critical sections, semaphores, and more arcane solutions (such as monitors and spin locks). The authors guide the reader to all the possibilities here, including suggestions on program design.

The real-world focus here involves some sample code (in C), a quick tour of the issues in using Pthreads with other programming languages, and some excellent material on benchmarking multithreaded code. The authors' ideas on when to use and when to avoid Pthreads are also useful. Though Pthreads will not work everywhere, they have a lot of potential to enhance the performance of today's software. This technical--and quite engaging--text can show you if Pthreads are in the cards for your next Unix programming project.

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Configuring and Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform
Sun Microsystems Press
$24.98

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Using this book, database professionals can dramatically improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of virtually any database application running on the SolarisA (R) platform. Solaris database optimization specialist Allan Packer presents start-to-finish guidance on optimizing all four leading Solaris databases: Oracle, DB2, Sybase, and Informix. Configuring and Tuning Databases on the Solaris Platform brings together best-practice guidelines for every aspect of database tuning on Sun servers. Drawing on years of expertise as a Sun consultant, Packer presents detailed recommendations for data layout, CPU and memory configuration, and system sizing. He introduces a systematic, drill-down monitoring approach designed to help database professionals identify and resolve system bottlenecks that inhibit database performance. Packer demystifies database tuning by providing a quick primer that explains database architecture, key database concepts, and how to use key subsystems such as query optimizers and buffer cache. He describes and critiques each leading database benchmark, offering guidance for using benchmarks -- and not misusing them.

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Chubb, Sedgwick, Sun try Net link.(Sedgwick James, Sun Microsystems, Internet): An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
David M. Katz
$5.95

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on December 11, 1995. The length of the article is 1481 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Chubb, Sedgwick James and Sun Microsystems are developing a system that will link brokers, risk managers and insurers on the Internet. The three expect to have made significant progress on the system by Apr 1996. Chubb hopes eventually to be able to issue and deliver policies via e-mail. One concern for Chubb is that competitors would be able to use such a system to determine how much business the insurer does with a given broker.

Citation Details
Title: Chubb, Sedgwick, Sun try Net link.(Sedgwick James, Sun Microsystems, Internet)
Author: David M. Katz
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 11, 1995
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n50 Page: p3(3)

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