Amaya Toman Kwamfuta ba koyaushe kamar mun san su a yau ba. A cikin shirinmu na yau na zagaye na “tarihi”, muna tuno da kwamfuta mai suna Whirlwind, ko kuma ranar da aka fara nuna na’urar a talabijin. Shekarar ta kasance 1951, kuma kwamfutar da ake tambaya ta bayyana a ɗaya daga cikin shirye-shiryen TV na lokacin. A kashi na biyu na labarin, za mu tuna da samun Sun Microsystems.
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Kwamfuta mai iska a TV (1951)
A ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 1951, shirin Edward R. Morrow na TV mai suna "Duba Yanzu" ya nuna kwamfutar Whirlwind, wacce aka kirkira a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts (MIT). Shugaban aikin da ya dace, Jay Forrester, ya bayyana kwamfutar a matsayin "tsarin aiki mai dogaro". Kwamfuta ce ta dijital, wanda ci gabanta ya fara a cikin rabin na biyu na arba'in na karni na karshe. An fara fara aiki da iskar guguwar a shekara ta 1949. Kwamfuta mai suna Whirlwind tana aiki da sa'o'i talatin da biyar a mako, tana amfani da bututu fiye da 5000 da diode 11 na germanium.
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Sun Microsystems yana ƙarƙashin Oracle (2009)
A ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 2009, Oracle ya sanar cewa yana siyan Sun Microsystems. Farashin a lokacin shine dala biliyan 7,4, gami da hannun jari a $9,50 kowanne. A matsayin wani ɓangare na siyan, Oracle kuma ya sami na'urorin sarrafa SPARC, Java ko MySQL shirye-shiryen yaren, da sauran samfuran kayan masarufi da software. Aikin ƙarshe na ƙarshe na duka yarjejeniyar ya faru a cikin rabin na biyu na Janairu 2010. Sun Microsystems an kafa shi a cikin 1982 kuma yana da hedikwata a Santa Clara, California.
