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> Moreover, by the end of the '90s, Sun's original raison d'être --- Unix workstations --- was gone and buried.

Never thought about this in this way. It is kind of sad that Sun suffered directly from Linux success.



Unix workstations were largely slaughtered by Windows NT (and faster/cheaper PC hardware). Linux wasn't helping, but it didn't have the professional CAD etc. software at the time.




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