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[{$pagename}] was an American [Information Technology] company that was founded on February 24, [1982|Year 1982] and was acquired by [Oracle] Corporation on January 27, [2010|Year 2010][{$pagename}] sold [computers], computer components, [software], and information technology services and created the [Java] programming language, the [Solaris] [Operating System], ZFS, the [Network File System] ([NFS]), and [SPARC] microprocessors. [{$pagename}] contributed significantly to the evolution of several key computing technologies, among them [Unix], [RISC] processors, thin client computing, and [virtualized|Virtual Machine] computing. 

[{$pagename}] was acquired by [Oracle] Corporation for $7.4 billion, based on an agreement signed on April 20, 2009. The following month, Sun Microsystems, Inc. was merged with Oracle USA, Inc. to become [Oracle America Inc|Oracle].[1]

[{$pagename}] has an [Private Enterprise Number] [OID] assigned prefix [1.3.6.1.4.1.42]

[{$pagename}] has an [Private Enterprise Number] [OID] assigned prefix [1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.27] described as Sun's LDAP branch". 

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