What Sun got wrong

kept by eddie sep 26

Sun's decline stemmed from losing interest in operational execution, letting great technology falter as sales and customer service faltered, a lesson Oxide honors.

The Sun Doesn’t Shine on Me – Jason A. Hoffman
Jason Hoffman recounts his failed attempts to buy half a million dollars of Sun servers, contrasting Sun's unresponsive sales with Dell's efficient direct sales process.
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setting up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10 » catstret.ch
A step-by-step guide detailing how to successfully install and configure a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10 using a Proxmox VM, including manual patching and DTU firmware setup.
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Oxide raises $200M Series C
Oxide raises $200M Series C, citing product-market fit and the capital demands of manufacturing physical hardware, despite previously warning against over-raising.
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I Don’t Want to Read What You Didn’t Write
The author argues AI-generated writing lacks context and humanity, making it unreadable, and advocates using AI only as a verification aid while valuing authentic human writing.
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Googlebooks launch October 4 starting at $899—here are the five models you can preorder today - Ars Technica
Googlebooks launch October 4 with five OLED Android laptops from $899 to $1,299, featuring premium hardware, deep phone integration, and on‑device AI tools.
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