Sun Microsystems, Inc. <company> One of the first, and now biggest, US computer manufacturers. They also manufacture in Europe. The Sun-2 and 3 series of {workstations} and {servers} were based on the {Motorola} {680x0} family of {microprocessors} and the Sun-4 series on the {SPARC}. Sun also produce their own version of {Unix}, originally called {SunOS} and now {Solaris}. Their {Network File System} has become the {de facto standard} for sharing files between Unix systems. Quarterly sales $1403M, profits $78M (Aug 1994). (http://sun.com/). Sun World Online (http://sun.com/sunworldonline/). Address: 2550 Garcia Ave., Mt. View, CA 94043 -1100 USA. (1995-10-14)